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A review by soswiin
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
4.0
this would’ve been the it girl book if it was published 60 years later.
way more graphic than i expected but it was so hard to put down. officially hooked on plath’s style even though the 1960s internally misogynistic white girl feminism shone through too often. but then again, the bell jar was in fact written by a white girl in the 1960s
way more graphic than i expected but it was so hard to put down. officially hooked on plath’s style even though the 1960s internally misogynistic white girl feminism shone through too often. but then again, the bell jar was in fact written by a white girl in the 1960s
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt