Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

117 reviews

aleole123's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved the book it was amazing the fact that i felt like i was going insane along with Esther proves that the book was written in such a beautiful way but i cant say it was perfect which is why i wont give it 5 stars i felt like there were a few boring parts but there werent a lot i quite liked the characters and loved reading about Esther Greenwood's life 
Sylvia plath is without doubt a genius her writing is sublime and the way she describes the characters and everything around them is marvelous

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Racism

Minor: Gun violence and Death of parent

gilnean's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Self harm, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, Cancer, Cursing, Bullying, Xenophobia, Excrement, Animal death, Miscarriage, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Antisemitism

eve_kadou's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

angrangy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

CN rassistische Sprache, N-Wort

Ich fands wirklich schwer mit Esther zu sympathisieren. Und ich versteh wirklich nicht, warum sie so schlecht von jedem anderen Menschen denkt, erst Recht von Nicht-US-Amerikaner*innen. 
Und ich verstehe nicht, wie man bei Neuausgaben das N-Wort noch weiterhin übernimmt.

Es war kurzweilig, aber am Ende unbefriedigend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness

bookcentipede's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book left me thinking about it after. There were many times when I did not like the partly biographical character, specifically because of the racist aspects of writing at points. Which despite the time period of writing has to be acknowledged because before reading, no one mentioned it. 

And because of the scathing descriptions of friends, family and herself however I think this gives a very real portrait of the experience of depression for a woman like Plath in the 1960’s.

I admire it’s candidacy and awareness of its unlikeableness and believe this book is essential for understanding the world through a lense of what depression can be like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Racism, Self harm, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Grief

valentina_d's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Grief

tonisbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Blood, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Sexism

___'s review against another edition

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

0.25

First world white girl problems. Not a single likable character in the book.

I knew nothing of this book going into it. As someone who has been both depressed and suicidal most of their life, as well as someone who knows everything's relative, I still found this book to be completely trash and almost insulting (bigotry aside).

...

Upon further reflection, this is one of the worst books I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hellovivi_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent