I finished The Bell Jar over the weekend. Now, I'm reading some more short stories by Murakami, in a book entitled After The Quake. About the Bell Jar...every time someone asked me what I was reading and I'd tell them, they always said "Ooh, how depressing". Okay, I'll admit that the book is a bit depressing. Our protagonist (if that's what you can call her) is on a downward spiral. And even in the end, it's unclear whether she actually makes it or not. There is some hope, that's for sure. Plath does try to administer that bit of hope to us, even throughout the time while Esther is trying to commit suicide.
Truthfully though, I didn't find it all that depressing. I found it very insightful. I'm sure most women (and maybe even some men) identified with our protagonist, Esther. She's definitely not a bad person. She's more "normal" than most people I know. I liked that she had many different sides. She felt an awful lot and I felt all that with her. I really wanted to talk to her, help her, and just be there for her.
A good one to read over the holidays! Yeah, well, my holidays aren't the happiest, so I suppose it definitely goes with how I'm feeling anyways. I just hope this New Year will bring a happier note to my life. There are definitely some things I really want to change about myself. I guess now is the time for me to take that inventory and try to actually do something about it.
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