Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

106 reviews

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

mattmanningg's review against another edition

• 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

5.0

Such a beautifully written book, very disturbing (like very very in my opinion) but also sort of hopeful

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Misogyny, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

siannn's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Anti-Semitic mess. Not a book to be adored, it gets its lone star for the unfortunate realsism of suicidal thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Bullying, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Medical content, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Body shaming

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Ableism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Death, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Homophobia, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

danajoy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content

pun1sher's review against another edition

reflective tense 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

3.5

I definitely expected something darker and ended up being just slightly disappointed because of that. But then again I guess this book is dark for people who haven't struggled with mental illness and suicidal thoughts. For me it was just relatable 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Racism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Antisemitism, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Self harm, and Sexual content

Attempted rape, mildly detailed labour, shock therapy

esme_may's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book is really unique in how it deals with suicide and depression. It's so matter of fact and avoids being overdramatic, illustrating things subtly with some of the most gorgeous turns of phrase I've ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Racism, Ableism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

martinadr'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Body shaming

ryan_rajp's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Blood, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism