Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

224 reviews

retroreader17'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

alex_emilia_smith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexism, Self harm, Body shaming, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Alcohol, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

star_witch's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicide, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

ashleeee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

ludmireads's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Medical content, Blood, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Alcohol

maislily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

personally i found the first of the books to be somewhat slow, which made me think quite badly of the book due to its big reputation. sprinkled throughout is some racism and unacceptable comments as such, making the character unlikeable in that sense. the experiences of the character are relatable and really describe well the thoughts of mental illness in my opinion. the story picks up in the later half and the roots set down to begin with make the rest of the book worth it even if it was slow to start. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

amgarrido's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Medical content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Death

erinoco's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

roxanne_beznosiuk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

AMAZING, However the beginning was incomparable to the second part of the book which stops it from receiving the 5/5. Genuinely made me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

mme_carton's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Homophobia, Medical content, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Injury/Injury detail