Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

227 reviews

briannasam's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism

jessietn's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad 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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content

emohell's review against another edition

3.0

dark 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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read this for class and enjoyed it a lot more than i thought i would! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Vomit

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment

avie's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-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: Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

celiastcunt's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting

milk's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective fast-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: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content

curatoriallyyours's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Vomit

katehazel49's review against another edition

4.75

dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism

lucia_amabile's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

beanjoles's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad 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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i stuck with this only because it’s a classic. i found esther a very annoying protagonist for the first half of the book and nearly gave up several times. i did grow to empathize with her more by the end — only because i myself have a mental illness that would have landed me in an asylum back then too. reading this made me even more grateful for modern psychiatric meds! 

i can see why this book would have been groundbreaking for its time. the commentary on gender and the expected life course for a young (middle-class, white) woman was frank and expressed a degree of disillusionment that i think many femme people still feel today. 

despite knowing it’s a product of its time, i did struggle a lot with how much racism is embedded in the character, particularly after learning that this novel is essentially a nominally fictionalized version of plath’s own experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content