The Bell Jar
I've never wanted to read this book, but I found it cheap on audiobook, so I picked it up. I'm glad I listened to this book instead of trying to read it, because I would have set it down much like I did One Flew Over's the Cuckoo's Nest. Books about mental illness usually get put aside because I get too angry at the characters or it feels like I'm at work. When I listen to a book, I'm forced to keep going because I need something to distract me on long drives.
The story captures the ideations of a manic very well. It should though, because it's a thinly veiled autobiography with some mixature of fiction thrown in for good effort. The fact is that I did greatly disliked Esther, the main character. I guess in the ultimate tradition of writing when you have a strong emotional feeling for a character either good or bad, the writer has accomplished something.
