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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

8 reviews

emmalinallap's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

nemrac23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

_meganrose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The fig tree analogy is one of the most beautifully depicted things I have ever read.

Beautifully written and to know this was heavily inspired by her life is absolutely chilling - probably why she was able to paint such painful things so accurately.

Could have done without the blatant racism in this and the fatphobia. In many ways, this book was ahead of its time. But in those ways? It absolutely was not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Drug use, Medical content, Death of parent, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racism, and Physical abuse

jneverland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

sylvia plath. wow. her poetic imagery fits wonderfully in this novel. it’s so personal and real that i don’t even feel like i have a right to critique it on anything. it was a beautiful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death of parent

rlsjxvx's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

“To the person in the bell, black and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream.”

“The Bell Jar” was Plath’s only novel, a novel that she described as “an autobiographical apprentice work which I had to write in order to free myself from the past.” The novel follows Esther Greenwood, a young college student, through her life and subsequent mental breakdown. Full of trigger warnings, “The Bell Jar” shows the pain underneath the beauty, pain that can be insufferable. 

If you are ever in need of help, please know that help is available. 

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

daisy_may's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

annibear_bookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Suicide