Goodreads Book Review: A view from beneath the Bell Jar....ghostly and exquisite. Protruding in escape from illusion, Plath is unmatched in depth of process and stride. A poet within the prose....a life within the poem, within death. I first read the paperback edition of this book back in 2015 and was instantly taken with Plath; her vision was something that I had never had before- her sight a veil beyond what I have ever been able to see. I was horrified with a force that struck at me, clung to me...and evolved into a respect that I still cannot explain. Sylvia Plath visited her way into my soul. I recently picked this book back up this week after my friend, Jimbo, read and reviewed it and found similar parallels. We have discussed a few of her poems on our poetry blog, Read Good Poetry , the last couple years and are currently in the process of a slightly more in-depth study of the poetry included in her book of poems, Ariel. I would highly recommen...