The Bell Jar

She is me I am her

I struggle with plotless books but I relate heavily to her blasé attitude towards the struggles she's facing. I feel I am slightly too grown now to relate deeply but I would've loved this more as a teen.

In terms of it being iconic feminist literature, I am unsure I would agree but loved her snapshot into a young and miserable female mind - where others have failed to portray the female experience she has surpassed expectations. Her matter of fact attitude feels so contrary to how men and even adult woman view someone struggling with coming of age, and this alone feels like feminism.