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The Bell Jar
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Gaijinmama
Mar 13, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, classics
I have conflicting feelings about this book. On the one hand, it deserves its place as a classic if only for the author's keen sense of observation and way with words. She also had a sense of humor...Sylvia Plath, who knew!!

On the other hand, that's the tragedy. I was almost too pissed off to finish. What a horrible waste of a gifted writer who was actually an interesting person. I am left sad and angry, just absolutely furious that Plath lived at a time when a woman with her skills was not appr
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Coco Poley
Apr 13, 2010 rated it liked it
It kind of broke my heart, the way it ended, but I think that was my thing, I dunno. Sigh. It's a very weird, crazy book, but I guess I enjoyed it? ...more
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Dec 02, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 02, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jun 29, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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