Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

24 reviews

daisydays128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

lostboylio's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide, Racism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

maiaquinn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Vomit

sydoodle's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Changed my life. Sylvia Plath may you rest in peace <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

orndal's review

dark emotional reflective fast-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

4.5

so esther's a certified lesbian and also a femcel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma

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

hermamora's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

xbernadette's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Blood, Sexism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, and Chronic illness

snartyhasgottheskills's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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

literally all the tw tbh