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The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Start date: July 1, 2024

Finish date: July 31, 2024

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The Bell Jar (July)

The contrast between the two July books is jarring
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last updated Jul 22, 2024 09:41AM

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Oct 17, 2024 ashlyn rated it did not like it · review of another edition

i am genuinely shocked and confused to why this book is averaging 4 stars. i went into this book knowing that this book is very loved and so is the author but i had no clue how problematic and blatantly racist this book would be, i assumed this would be a feminist book but this book is shitting on asian women and black people. for example “i looked as ugly as a chinaman” “smudgy eyed chinese woman staring idiotically into my face” “the *n word* kept grinning and chuckling in a silly way” this bo ...more

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Dec 26, 2023 alexa rated it really liked it

good quick read abt self identity and gender norms and all that but nothin rlly made me wanna watch a video essay abt it yk

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Dec 28, 2023 zara kb ❤️‍🔥 rated it it was amazing

Dec 29, 2023 Bailey Scott rated it it was amazing

Dec 31, 2023 jocelyn ✧.* rated it it was amazing

Jul 26, 2024 Michelle Brown rated it really liked it

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Jan 24, 2024 Pratyaksh Azad rated it it was amazing

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Jul 13, 2024 slyviaplath_ marked it as to-read

Oct 22, 2024 paula rated it it was amazing

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𝖳𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗃𝖺𝗋, 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗂𝗍𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆.
bin sprachlos und muss das glaube ich ein zweites Mal lesen, um jedes Detail wahrnehmen zu können.
Der Schreibstil ist so brutal ehrlich und direkt, die Gedanken von Esther sehr ungefiltert und nicht blumig umschrieben – ich liebe es.
Wie gesagt, muss das auf jeden Fall noch ein zweites Mal lesen. Die Verbindung von Frauenbildern, gesellschaftliche Erwartungen, Angst zu versagen, Hoffnungslosigkeit etc ...more

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