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The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Start date: May 18, 2016

Finish date: June 2, 2016

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A book with a protagonist who has your occupation...
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Jul 10, 2007 stephanie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, crazypeoplememoirs

oh, crazy women who commit suicide and come to new york! there was a lot i could relate to here, and a lot i couldn't.

i think what frustrated me most was that i read this, and then her unabridged journals came out, and it didn't seem to match up. which shocked me. i mean, here is sylvia, supposed to be depressed depressed depressed, and she's talking incessantly about boys? but that's a different book . . .

this book has become so classic it's almost a mockery of itself and it's hard to live up ...more

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Feb 22, 2017 shalini rated it it was amazing

Synopsis:
Bell Jar traces the life of Esther Greenwood – a brilliant, gorgeous and intelligent young woman who lands herself a summes to slowly spiral into depression. She struggles to fit into the life of glamour and behave as the society deems apr internship at a prestigious magazine in New York. But the life of a young debutante barely enchants her and she startpropriate.

Her life story is punctuated by her interactions with the various people she happens to meet including her school days frien ...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Christina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Pro tip - if at all possible, do not read this book all at once. I read it in two sittings over a weekend (because the library wouldn't let me renew it again) and came out feeling distinctly wobbly. However, if you start reading it, it may not be possible not to gulp down the whole thing. It's that good.
It's hard to say I liked it - it wasn't easy. But it sucked me in entirely. When Esther first started running into trouble, I felt annoyed with her: why can't you just get things done, woman? Whe ...more

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Jul 18, 2009 Shauna rated it really liked it

Shelves: ihavereadthesebooks

This was a really depressing book. It followed the mental health journey of a college girl.

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Jul 19, 2012 martha rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star-favs, year-2004

[Review from 2004.] I really liked this. I'd only read Plath's poetry before, and loved it, but this was different and great. Very Salinger-esque, actually. A fast, wonderful read. ...more

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