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Book Review of The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
Author: Sylvia Plath
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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I've registered this on bookcrossing as well.

I've always wanted to read this, and I'm glad I finally had the chance to. It was very interesting considering that it is a fictional sort-of biography.

Some things just didn't make sense to me...alsmost like there was a page missing from the book, but there wasn't, the story just kinda skips and doesn't explain what the heck is going on... The first half of the book just sucked me right in, but once the depression or schizophrenia or whatever really kicked in, I was really lost and a little confused, but I suppose that's the point of telling it from her point of view. I didn't find it depressing at all, not like it's generally made out to be.