Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

474 reviews

emerlees's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

annamgoodman's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

miabarranco's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

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

hannahnwalding's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

lilawsahar's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Follows a young woman who deals with depression and suicidal thoughts.

After a suicidal attempt, she finds herself in a mental institution to help her cope with her feelings including shock treatment. It’s good that she ends on a happy note. But after reading the life of the author, you realize the experience of the character ties closely to the experience of the author. And the author ends up killing herself, which you can probably assume the character in the book does as well later on like Joan. I really hope that mental health services are better than they were back then.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

picnicatthehangingtree's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Docking .25 stars for the racism and homophobia. Otherwise this is a near perfect book for me, I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. I think 25 was a really good age to read it at - that feeling of not knowing what the future holds and having to make your way forward despite all the uncertainty really hit for me. This is such an incredible portrait of life with depression, but with such a hopeful ending for a path moving forward whilst holding space for it as a part of you. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy

roouija's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Classism

lynix's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt

grey_writes_love's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I would not have finished this book if it was not assigned to me. I never had any reason to root for Esther, or even to like her, save that the alternative was her death. Also, the consistent racism was a huge turnoff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Incest, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol