In this story/memoir, Silvia Plath tells a story of a young woman starting out ahead in life and soon finds herself going mad. As a young writer in New York, her stay gradually starts to get worse as she slowly starts to get more and more depressed. She is young, attractive and smart but soon has a breakdown and attempts suicide. As she fails at her many attempts, she is soon placed into a mental hospital for immediate care. This opens her eyes and she finally sees what she has become.
Plath's book is written in a very unsophisticated style. While reading about the life of Esther Greenwood, it is like you are the little voice in the back of her mind. You sympathize for Esther as she goes through a rough state of depression. While reading, I wanted to jump in and let her know she had a lot going for her and suicide should be out of the question.
After reading this book, I saw it as a stepping stone that, although may be hard to believe many have to leap over. Any person can lead a normal, healthy successful life, but it can suddenly take a sharp turn in a world that is unimaginable to me. What made it more accomplishing was Plath's choice to write about the uncommon mind of a suicidal woman getting through a life alternating situation who had trouble asking for help. This was a fast, easy, enjoyable book and I would recommend it to anyone willing to take the time to sit down and read.
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I read this book way back in 8th grade, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Now, I had to ask myself a few times "is she really crazy?", but maybe I just didn't see it at the time... I don't know why. Oh well, I was just a little middle schooler. Books like this one interest me so much!
Holly, did you see that Samantha Wall also posted a review of this book?
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