Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

2199 reviews

elfo_dei_cracker's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective 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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Vomit

tinksreading's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Classism

asotun's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark reflective sad fast-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: Complicated

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Captured me and held me for a few hours; explored my new-found fear of unexpectedly crossing the threshold of inconsolable depression one day. Sylvia's writing has its own life, reminds me of Margaret Atwood in a way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Dysphoria

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Classism

karsynisawesome's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood

debzydoodle's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

fantasyfreak98's review against another edition

2.5

reflective 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

Moderate: Suicide

tanyapotocea's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad 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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A thought-provoking read about being a woman in the 1950s. Full of compelling vignettes about  mental health and struggling to pave one’s own path in this world. It broke my heart to follow Esther’s fight against her inner demons, and this going deeply misunderstood by everyone in her life, solely because she was a woman. Most of all, The Bell Jar is a quintessential read for all self-proclaimed feminists out there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

frkfleur's review against another edition

4.0

challenging 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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt

Minor: Suicide

tsedorable's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective 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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Like most classics, it doesn’t age well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

books283474's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad tense 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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I read one chapter at the beginning of the month, picked it back up two days ago, and finished it today. Plath really takes us into the mind of Esther and it feels like we're right there with her, she almost makes sense at some points, but you know she's unwell. That damn raw egg and beef drink she had. The exploration of sex and women was interesting. I really felt for the characters and I enjoy Plath's execution of dialogue. I also enjoy her similes and more flowery passages here and there. I really did like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

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