eleanorwoolf6 's review for:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

4.75

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I read this for the first time when I was too young to appreciate it - not that age equals knowledge, but in the case of emotional/psychological in the environment of getting older and the pressures it comes with. Definitely not a book to read if you are in a good mood, despite the (questionably) ‘happy ending’. A raw and vulnerable depiction of mental illness, one which causes you to handle the book with care, and in my case, take the reading of it slowly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis