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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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gaggleofnuns's review against another edition

4.5
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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hellooimrebecca's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional fast-paced
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cjoyns's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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jodar's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The novel shows a young woman’s experience of estrangement from a world that she often finds contradictory, hypocritical and oppressive. Written in an understated style, it is searingly honest, disturbing and extraordinary.

Highly recommended.
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christina_kahn's review against another edition

3.5
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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ashleynrw's review against another edition

3.5
dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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camicamcamm's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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serenemoonn's review against another edition

3.75
dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I can understand the hype that this book holds, but I do have criticisms. Though I know that this book had been written in a time where racism was more normalized, it doesn't change the numerous times racist remarks were made. The book started off unbelievably slow and took over 100 pages for me to feel interest in Esther's storyline. 
Despite these beliefs, the book certainly holds a lot of revolutionary moments in it. I can appreciate it for what it was when it was released and how well it holds up to this day. I would recommend it to someone starting to get into classic novels.
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msmith1102's review against another edition

3.5
reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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ren95's review against another edition

3.5
emotional reflective medium-paced
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