Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

475 reviews

meganhinks's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt

bettywhite's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood

ellislily's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content

calais_'s review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This girl went from having an "it girl" summer to "physiologically destroyed girl" fall. The range

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt

tessjx's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit

sophia66201's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt

lowri_'s review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense 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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although i’ve always known the intro line set up the tone of violence for the rest of the book i was somehow really not expecting it. extremely well written too (which i was not expecting), i’m happy i went into this sort of blind without an idea of the plot but wished i’d read some TWings before. not a book i’d really recommend to anyone but glad to have finally read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief

aleksanski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment

maferbriz's review against another edition

2.5

dark sad slow-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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Why is no one talking about the blatant racism in this?? I thought I was being unreasonable being disgusted by the descriptions of people from different races because no one mentioned it in any of their 5 star reviews of this “masterpiece”. 
This was an almost dnf for me, saved only by my own curiosity of knowing where this character would end up and if it would follow the same author’s demise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

holmartell's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-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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Sylvia understood what it’s like to be a woman in this world. I’ve never felt so recognised, in this glorious and gorgeous work of writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt