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DieAReader
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Mehso-so

#Wardens2025 #Read2025 #Roll100 #hashtagbrigade

Finished last week. Glad to have finally read/removed this classic from my physical shelves. So much happier also to have read it with great friends #hashtagbrigade 🥰💖

Thanks @BarkingMadRead for hosting #hashtagbrigade 💖

Also, this was one of my February #Roll100 picks📚

PuddleJumper Nicely done! 4d
BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 4d
dabbe 💚🩶💚 3d
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Graciouswarriorprincess
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Book 26 of the year. #hashbridage

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dabbe
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Clare-Dragonfly
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Pickpick

What a gorgeous, wrenching book! I‘m sorry it took me so long to read it, and grateful to @BarkingMadRead and the #HashtagBrigade for moving it up my TBR. I don‘t know if it would have been even better to read when I was a teenager or if it would have been a little *too* relatable then.

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Andrea313
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Pickpick

I will love this book till the end of time. I've read a lot of bad reviews of it online and they make me want to weep. So many point to Esther's relative privilege, asking, "How could she be depressed?” As if mental illness cares about circumstance! As if being an ambitious woman in the '50s wasn't stultifying and stifling! Anyway, I'll be over here with Kat Stratford, relishing the gorgeous prose and feeling deeply understood. Thank you, Sylvia.

CBee Really wonderful review that sums the book up perfectly. One of my all time favorites! 1w
LoverOfLearning I love everything about this post! So we'll written! I'll join you and Kat! 1w
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Andrea313 @CBee Yes, an all-time favorite over here, too. Such beautiful writing, I always love revisiting it. ❤️ 1w
Andrea313 @LoverOfLearning Come on over! I'll always make time for Kat Stratford, The Bell Jar, or both! 😂 1w
CBee @Andrea313 Sylvia was such a gem ♥️ 1w
LoverOfLearning @Andrea313 :) Love that 6d
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julieclair
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Pickpick

This book was a difficult read… bleak and depressing… but also very important. Plath‘s writing is incredible… so immersive. I‘m glad I read this with my #hashtagbrigade friends, led by the fabulous #BarkingMadRead . I‘m not sure I would have finished it on my own. When I reached the end, I was doing fine. And then I read the epilogue, which was a recap of Plath‘s life. Ugh. It plunged me back into despair. So sad.,😭

Bookwormjillk Yeah the story of Plath‘s life put a damper on the happy ending of The Bell Jar. 1w
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Bailedbailed

I know this was a popular book but it was not to my liking. I normally enjoy psychological insight within a novel but this book felt more like the day to day ramblings and procrastination of a brother who chose to be misguided and utilized his brother as a source of blame. Not for me.

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BarkingMadRead
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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mcctrish Loved it ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 1w
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Clare-Dragonfly Bahaha, perfect 😂 I hope Esther goes on to live a happy life! Certainly I hope it‘s better than her creator‘s. 1w
Bookwormjillk Go to hell buddy. She should have let him dig out his own dang car. Thanks @BarkingMadRead for another great read. 1w
Ruthiella Buddy, Buddy, Buddy! Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! 1w
TheAromaofBooks Thank you for hosting!! This is one of those books I always felt like I “should“ read but never have. I didn't love it, but some of the writing was amazing. 1w
Deblovestoread So glad to have finally read this book! 1w
kwmg40 Perfect comment about Buddy. Thank you for hosting! I needed this group read to motivate me to start this book, which had sat on my shelves for a long time, but once I got into it, it was easy if sad reading. 1w
Andrea313 Thanks for hosting! It's always the right time to read The Bell Jar, and I'm so glad I got to read it with this group. ❤️ 1w
ElizaMarie Thank you all again for this wonderful group—especially @BarkingMadRead for hosting. I have wanted to read this book for a while now, and I am glad I experienced it with a group. 1w
dabbe @Ruthiella 🤣🤣🤣 1w
dabbe Esther truly reminded me of Holden in CATCHER IN THE RYE, and both books ended on a hopeful note--both of them hopefully on the road to recovery. I only wish Plath had been able to keep that bell jar off of her for good. 🥺 Couldn't have read this without this fantastic group, and thanks again, @BarkingMadRead, for seeing us through. 💚 1w
DieAReader @BarkingMadRead 🤓💖Thanks for a great group read! 1w
tpixie @BarkingMadRead thanks for hosting this event. This is a book that felt I really needed to read, and I‘m glad I was able to do it with you as a host and with other#Littens. SP did have a way with words. I could see how she was a poet in her prose. 5d
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mcctrish
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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Pickpick

Read with #hashtagbrigade and despite some parts being hard to read on an emotional/historical level I LOVED IT! I hope Esther went on to live a good life

TheBookHippie I read the covers off mine as a teen 😊 1w
mcctrish @TheBookHippie SP really does portray the young female voice and life so well 1w
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dabbe
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath
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This semi-autobiographical novel is a profound exploration of mental illness, identity, and societal expectations in mid-20th-century America. While its bleak tone and unflinching honesty may not be for everyone, its literary craftsmanship is unparalleled and remains a vital contribution to discussions about mental health and gender. Like others, this was on my TBR forever. Thanks to the #hashtagbrigade and @BarkingMadRead for seeing me through.

BarkingMadRead 😍😍😍 1w
Leftcoastzen I‘m glad you got to it , I‘ve read it several times, says a lot about me I guess! 😃 I‘m a bit obsessed with Plath 1w
Suet624 I took a tour of the Smith college botanical gardens and there was a large display on Platt‘s work and a variety of bell jars that inspired the name of the book. 1w
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dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🤩🤗🤩 1w
dabbe @Leftcoastzen I think I need to read more of her. She made me laugh out loud, cry out loud, and think a lot. What more can you ask from an author? If only she could have found a way to get out of that bell jar. You have chosen wisely and well! 🤩 1w
dabbe @Suet624 How cool is that? 🤩 1w
Bookwormjillk I went ahead and finished too. So glad we could all read this together. 1w
Singout Also on my TBR list forever! 1w
dabbe @Bookwormjillk I'm so grateful for this group for I don't think I ever would have read it on my own. 🩶💚🩶 1w
dabbe @Singout It's truly worth the read. 🩶💚🩶 1w
tpixie @dabbe well said! @BarkingMadRead thanks for leading us in this read! 5d
tpixie @Suet624 what an interesting tour! 5d
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