Reviews with content warning for Self harm - The Bell Jar

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

1175 reviews

lessoles's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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thisisasongaboutpain's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad

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medini_l's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sosolaco's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional funny sad tense 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

She slayed. The beginning was relatable and funny then in the second part it depicts truly her mental illness which was quite hard to get through but very eye-opening.

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guntaschanni's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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marasupial's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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claudia_juliet_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny reflective 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

Beautiful book, surprisingly funny with a blunt, honest speaker who was very endearing if at times difficult to read. I related to this book in ways I didn’t expect, and I’m very glad I am reading it in my mid 20s- teen me would have made this my whole tumblr personality and not really understood it fully. Feeling like a failure after pinning your entire self worth to academic achievement is so relatable and the whole worry of child rearing throughout is again a very real and terrifying theme. The ending was far more hopeful than I expected and I’m very glad- even though we know the author’a own fate.

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franniiia's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark 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: Yes

If I hadn't been stuck on a plane for a couple hours I probably would not have finished it. The writing is good and I don't tend to have too big of an issue with unlikeable main characters, I'm actually starting to really like them and find them really interesting to read about normally, but this time it was a little tiring and a lot of times I had to cringe at some things.
Overall just not really for me, I guess.

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