Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

227 reviews

ru_th's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent

george_tte's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Racism

george_tte's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Racism

call_vienna's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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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It’s a wee bit racist. Overall a good book tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

ciaranhurley's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional 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: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide

itsocchiolism's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny sad slow-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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- this book scratched an itch in my brain that i can't explain,,, maybe it was the way it was written, like jumping back and forth and talking about several things at once!!! my brain had fun following
- i was so invested that i finished it in two days
- surprisingly did NOT cry at the end (the author's real life story almost got me though)
- did i think it was pretentious?? maybe at first, but it's part of what makes it a classic
- do i recommend it? yes, but check trigger warnings
- might read again once i have the physical copy so i can highlight all of my favorite quotes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

vfj's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm

snartyhasgottheskills's review against another edition

3.0

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: Complicated

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. so- this book is incredibly relatable, sad and the emotional nature of the book makes you empathise with the main character, which sucks because sylvia plath uses racist remarks throughout and sometimes disregards the priveledges given to her/the main character due to disadvantages she faces within sexism, homophobia and ableism. The beginning of the novel is basically a recount of plath’s life and written in a lighter tone even when exploring dark themes, the rest of the novel however is written within an incredibly dark headspace and kind of glorifies suicide and other harmful ideas which may be harmful to some readers and isn’t really explained anywhere on blurbs or covers which isn’t needed but i think is necessary 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

literally all the tw tbh

mosaicbrokenhearts's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective 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: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

rehamreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment