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Author: Sylvia Plath
Genre: Classic
Rating: 3.00
Pub Date: 1963
T H R E E β’ W O R D S
Reflective β’ Depressing β’ Sensitive
π S Y N O P S I S
Esther wins her dream assignment at a big-time New York fashion magazine yet soon finds herself thrust into a nightmare. The Bell Jar is an autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt.
π T H O U G H T S
Another classic I picked up because it has been recommended so many times I have lost count. I thought it start out good, but part way through it kind of lost me. What I did really appreciate was the exploration of mental health, especially for the time period it was written in. There is also no denying it is incredibly written and deeply personal.
I know The Bell Jar holds a very special place in the hearts of many and in the world of literature as a whole, and I can appreciate its value. I just didn't enjoy my own personal reading experience. Maybe if I'd have read it during the time it was written my reading journey would have been different. Regardless, I do see this as a very important piece of literature worth reading and discussing.
π R E C O M M E N D β’ T O
β’ classic lovers
π F A V O U R I T E β’ Q U O T E S
"If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed."
"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above oneβs head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace."
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization
Minor: Medical trauma
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
Minor: Death, Death of parent
I didn't like Esther at all and yet I could see myself in some parts of her. The girl, the adult unsure about her future and of the different paths it could've gone and yet I didn't predict the path it took. Perhaps that's a good thing.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death, Blood
Minor: Racism
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail