I had never read this before, but after reading [b:The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free|54304210|The Barbizon The Hotel That Set Women Free|Paulina Bren|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1612105261l/54304210._SY75_.jpg|84737476] and learning that some of this book was based on Plath's time at the Barbizon Hotel (here called the Amazon) I got interested to read it. I'd heard this described as [b:The Catcher in the Rye|5107|The Catcher in the Rye|J.D. Salinger|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1398034300l/5107._SY75_.jpg|3036731] for girls, which is like, sure diminutive and disprespectful but like not wrong I don't think...

anyway like Catcher I think it's dated in some (BIG) ways and in some ways speaks to some ~eternal emotional truths and I DEFO get it being influential in its moment.

anyway if like me you have reached adulthood without having read The Bell Jar yet, like, honestly you're probably good imo but on an abstract level I get why people love this book