Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

47 reviews

gilnean's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Self harm, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, Cancer, Cursing, Bullying, Xenophobia, Excrement, Animal death, Miscarriage, Murder, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Antisemitism

franniiia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Ableism, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

lizdeckers's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

maess's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Torture

___'s review against another edition

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

0.25

First world white girl problems. Not a single likable character in the book.

I knew nothing of this book going into it. As someone who has been both depressed and suicidal most of their life, as well as someone who knows everything's relative, I still found this book to be completely trash and almost insulting (bigotry aside).

...

Upon further reflection, this is one of the worst books I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

bonz_authorshipdown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

if I had to describe the book in just a phrase, i’d say that it’s a challenging test on your emotions. I felt many different ways reading this book, that sometimes feel like I want to put it down and other times like I had to keep reading. Removing the obvious 1960s showing here, this book is what I would describe as almost perfect book, I still don’t fully understand the ending, but the entire book made me feel a certain way that I don’t think ive ever experienced before. A Must-Read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

lydia_reads's review

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Body shaming

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

shopgiri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.25

A difficult and somewhat boring read. The second half is a lot more interesting than the first, however, in the entire first half of this book I was waiting for the events of the second half and they ended up falling flat. This book made me sad. Specifically, Esther made me sad, especially since learning that this book was semi-autobiographical. I really wish I enjoyed it more. I listened to the audiobook version narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal and I think she does a fantastic job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

isajr26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

one of the most insightful and incredibly revealing books i have ever read. esther's devolution is so subtle and then abrupt, and the way plath frames it is superbly relateable. absolutely this is a multiread book, but i would not recommend it to those struggling witha cceptance of their own illnessess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape