Reading this novel was like reading a collection of poems. So many things and events are depicted in detail. Plath's style of poems are making pictures through words. In the same way, this novel is picturesque. Esther, the protagonist of this novel works for a fashion magazine for one summer. It was like the stream of depictions of what people wear, other college girls who work with Eshter, and the boys whom Esther dates.
There were some difficuly in understanding this novel. It is because the scene changes not in the order of time. It takes a while to figure out which part comes to where.