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Title: the bell jar
Review: Although this book had some clever imagery and imaginative descriptions, the plot was almost non-existent. There is not one actual event throughout the novel. I could not empathise with the main character, but it did give me some insight into the minds of depressed people, because her life seemed to be one long, torturous toil, even though she really seemed to have no obvious reason for complaint. Even though the focus of the novel never strays from the main character, by the end of the novel, I barely felt I knew her at all; her depression seemed to consume any other personal qualities she may originally have had. As a fanatical reader, I felt I had to read it because it is a classic, but after doing so, I think it would have been best avoided.
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