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The Bell Jar
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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
First reading: I should not have read this book when I was sixteen.

I'm not sure anyone should read this book when she is sixteen.

It was dark and despairing and bleak and reading it left me feeling dark and despairing and bleak.

Nevertheless, The Bell Jar was the truest picture of teen depression I've ever read.

If only someone could write a book that good that would help teens find their way out of depression.


Second reading:

Did reading The Bell Jar at sixteen drop a bell jar on my head? Or was i
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