100 word review: The Bell Jar

When you read this you can instantly tell that it is written by a poet. Rather than simple description, the novel is rife with figurative language and imagery. It doesn't become overwhelming, however, and the novel still has an easy to read simple style to it. In some ways it even reads as a poem because you can sense the deeper meanings to all the events without Plath having to spell it out to you,. Written 3 weeks before Sylvia Plath committed suicide, this novel gives an interesting insight into her mindset at the time. Almost like a suicide note.