Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath

92 reviews

readbyshelley's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia

zabkamartynka's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Fatphobia

pn_mari's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Homophobia, Fatphobia, and Vomit

lauraaa98's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

This book is beautifully written, so many wonderful quotes. But it’s so hard to read because of how raw and vulnerable Plath is with this story and the character’s thought process 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Racism, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

esimplicity's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death, Sexual content, and Racism

_rowan_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Fatphobia, Grief, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

buffy87's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.0

Damn, why did nobody tell me how fucking racist/Orientalist this book is? It is a great text for postcolonial analysis...you will find something in almost every chapter. There was a stretch in the middle that didn't have palpable racism and that was the only section I thought was okay. Nice to read without being assaulted.

If you read this from a Marxist lens, you'll see it full of classism and very quickly realize that your main character is privileged. 
It also has your run of the mill sexism and homophobia. 

All of the above made the reading experience so utterly unejoyable and triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Death, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Death of parent

kendallkaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fatphobia

johumphrey's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fatphobia

rajnudy's review against another edition

The fatphobia, racism and homophobia didn’t do it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Racism, and Suicide attempt