Alyssa Fairgrieve’s Reviews > The Bell Jar > Status Update

i wonder how we'll look back at all of the science we know now and how we go about cures and treatments. in a few decades the answers may seem so simple even though right now they seem hidden away. its weird to look at what ive been taught in school through that scope

i wonder if shock therapy was ever considered successful because people acted like they were better so as to not get shocked again

definitely getting more depressing. page 114 was interesting, when she didnt achieve something she had fully expected to achieve for months. when shes told shes been rejected, she acknowledges her positive expectations and then immediately turns around and says "I had expected it." i can definitely relate to that mental pattern and it has me thinking about its snowball effect and persistently negative outcome

this book is wayyyy too relatable. now i very much see why its known as THE female coming of age novel

restarted bc i wanted a refresher since its been a minute

good so far, very relatable, more so in her feelings because the way she treated one of the girls i could have neverrr done. but im wondering where the story goes, if anything intense happens or if the substance is found in how she deals with this period of time and getting a look at her inner thoughts.