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Monstrilio

by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (Goodreads Author)

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The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

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Delia said: " This is a book I never thought I'd read. I don't know why, I had never been interested in this novel until last week. A thought popped into my head: what if I just read The Bell Jar? and so I went. This book is thought of as the female equivalent to This is a book I never thought I'd read. I don't know why, I had never been interested in this novel until last week. A thought popped into my head: what if I just read The Bell Jar? and so I went. This book is thought of as the female equivalent to The Catcher in the Rye but I think it's nothing like it. I don't have to say that of course I prefer Catcher because it's my book ever and I think of Holden every day of my life, but The Bell Jar was definitely brilliant.

The first part, when she is in New York, is what I liked the least, but then when she goes back to her hometown it turns into a perfect spiral of madness. There's a whole sick and twisted atmosphere in the whole lovel, but my favourite aspect about it was the meaning of the title: the bell jar is that invisible line around you that isolates you from the rest of the world when you struggle with your mental health. I am fascinated that such a concept was created because so many people can identify with it. I've been inside the bell jar as well and I know how hard it is to get out of it.

The one big downside to this story is THE RACISM. The voice of the main character is so blatantly racist that it feels cheap and ugly. The story is brilliant, but racism really puts me off and during some passages I thought if I read the n-word once more I'd just throw the book out the window. However, I guess what you can see here is how society has changed, because it is surprising that something like this could even be published back then and no editors suggested to eliminate the racist bits that add absolutely nothing to the story and only make readers feel uncomfortable.

To sum up, this is a great novel that depicts depression accurately and shows things that weren't very often talked about at the time, like suicidal ideation or what happened at psych wards. It is even more revolutionary because it was written by a woman based on her own experiences. Reading this in 2022 makes me wish the racism had been edited out, though. ...more "

Mar 03, 2022 05:58AM · see review

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Childhood / Youth / Dependency

by Tove Ditlevsen

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“There is a Quichua riddle: El que me nombra, me rompe. Whatever names me, breaks me. The solution, your course, is "silence." But the truth is, anyone who knows your name can break you in two.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

tags: naming, ownership, power, vulnerability, weakness

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“I think spring is inside me. I feel spring awakening, I feel it in my entire body and soul. I have to force myself to act normally. I'm in a state of utter confusion, don't know what to read, what to write, what to do. I only know that I'm longing for something...”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

tags: autobiography, holocaust, love

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“I will come back from the dead for you.”
― Richard Siken

tags: dead, death, love, romance

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“If the dead are watching, I want them to see us writing, dancing, singing, painting. I want them to see that we still reach out to each other.”
― Richard Siken

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“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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