Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

476 reviews

katieamelia's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

leasgelesene's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional 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, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Racial slurs

xbernadette's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Medical trauma

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

lil_owl_reads's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content

steenburgsophia's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-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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Interesting read. Feels ahead of its time by the touching on the topic of mental health issues and the stigma around that and also gender roles in society at the time. You can still see a lot of these issues in our world today. Timeless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit

Touches a lot on mental health and everything surrounding it (suicide, suicidal thoughts, etc.)

madeline4's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Eating disorder

juneday's review against another edition

3.25

reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Suicide attempt

bridget_t's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Vomit

solitarylee's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional informative reflective 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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A well detailed and beautifully written tale of a woman facing deterioration. Although dark at times, the description of food and fashion is truly impeccable. Plath writes in a way that is so smooth, and makes you forget that you are reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

ruthdaniell's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad tense 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: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Grief