Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Campânula de Vidro by Sylvia Plath

1579 reviews

vonnibel's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

the fig tree….me too sylvia….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, and Mental illness

alexandramillar's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, and Suicide

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

isabezza's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

It is astonishing that a novel about mental illness and the position of women in the 1950s spoke to me so deeply as a reader in 2023. Perhaps I should not have read this book as someone who has experienced suicide in the family and been admitted to hospital for mental illness, but ultimately I have never read a book which represents that experience so explicitly. I am grateful the systems have changed and the horrors Plath and others may have faced in the name of psychology are devastating to think of. Yet her writing described their society so eloquently that I could not put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Torture, Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Death

melli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Self harm

madeleinem13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

2.0

tbh this was not worth all the hype. I liked the imagery of the writing and how descriptive it was, but the whole idea of the bell jar wasn’t well-developed. it was incorporated at like the very end of the book. also  the racism in this book made it unenjoyable

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide

xaveriebaker's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

brookewhelen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

alysian_fields's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content, Racism, and Suicide

evevallarta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Now I understand the hype for Sylvia Plath, this book, her writing, everything is waaaay ahead of her time. 
A portrait of a coming of age story in the 50s, that feels contemporary. 

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Content Warnings

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

avawetherall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, and Mental illness