jodar 's review for:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The novel shows a young woman’s experience of estrangement from a world that she often finds contradictory, hypocritical and oppressive. Written in an understated style, it is searingly honest, disturbing and extraordinary.

Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood

Minor: Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent