Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

1190 reviews

mccann_a10's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

madizig21's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I didn’t know what was happening at any point. Esther was very understandable though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

drawahardline's review against another edition

dark reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

mirrorofneptune's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Obligatory “do NOT read this if you’re feeling depressed.” This book is the classic depiction of a downward spiral, and for good reason. Not only was the psychological nuance well-down, but I also liked and cared about the narrator. Some social indictments here to sink your teeth into as well.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Suicide

armadillopickleman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

isabella_toast's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

mikitiale's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

I understand this was groundbreaking at the time. Plath's personal experiences with mental health, American psychiatry, misogyny, gender roles and expectations in her time inform her writings in horrifying ways. It is somewhat comforting to see the progress that has been made since the 1950's but also depressing to see how much more progress needs to happen.

My only issue with this text is that the transitions between scenes feels choppy and I often found myself double checking to see if I had missed a page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual content

itsmeimkaty's review

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia and Pregnancy

ceci_liaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

emblane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt