Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

363 reviews

lil_2102's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

clary0402's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, and Incest

vikart's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

  "The Bell Jar" has been one of my most confusing reads as of this year. The entire time of reading I felt as if I were on an acid trip. It is a story about a girl by the name Esther who, unfortunately, finds herself falling into suicidal thoughts.

  Although, I cannot say that I hated this book, I also cannot state that it was one that I thoroughly enjoyed. Therefore, I will sperate my pros and cons into some bullet points.

  Pros:

• The main character had opinions that stemmed from her upbringing. They place very good questions upon the societal norm of women and men, and their roles.
• I noticed a line that, if my memory serves me correct, appears within the book "Cozy" by Isabel Gillies. The line in question:
  "There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them."
  This isn't a big pro, but it did put a smile on my face.
• The comparisons within this book came out as very unique to me.

  Cons:

• It felt as if some of the actions that the main character took were completely illogical even when you compare it to her state of mind.
• Scene changes felt confusing at times. It'd take you a minute to realize that a new scene has set into place. This made me reread a lot of parts.
• Although the main character is placed in different places to get help the book does not illustrate her getting any legitimate help from anybody.

  Other notes:

• There's a contradiction between the beginning and end.
  Within the beginning of "The Bell Jar" Esther mentions that she cannot gain weight whenever eating food. She can eat as much as she wants, however near the end of the book she is shown to put on weight.

  That's all. Thanks for the read. A lot more can be analyzed and discussed about this book, but I doubt anybody will have the time to read all that, so if you did read all of this: you are magical.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent and Blood

matcha_cat's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Racism, Suicide, and Racial slurs

alishamegan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Interesting , could do without the racism though

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, and Sexism

emerlees's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Blood, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Medical content, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

enbylievable's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.25

Incredibly written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Ableism and Self harm

Minor: Drug use

annamgoodman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

miabarranco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

veposve's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Vomit, Confinement, Self harm, and Suicide