Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

10 reviews

charlotterose13x's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? No

3.5

I read this book out of curiosity and wanted to see what the hype was about. However, I am left feeling a little underwhelmed. While I enjoyed the book It was slow moving and took a long while for me to get into it. Then just as I got into it, it was finished.

The fact that it is based on Plaths  personal experience of life with mental illness is moving and thought provoking… although I am only rating it 3.5 ⭐️ I believe everyone should take the time to give this book a read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

clary0402's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

flapjackzs_'s review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hannahventer2802's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Found the first half relatable and captivating, but the second half was hard to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

balluna's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racial slurs and Grief

Minor: Abortion

bellari's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

A classic for a reason. Plath's protagonist is inwardly charming, convincing you to join her in her spiral. Always contemporary.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Death of parent

abicarp's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Abortion

magnimius's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Abortion

jordanalay's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

leo_sd's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was reading the new biography of sylvia plath (The Red Comet) and I was interested to read more of her work. I am happy I read it to say I have read it, but it does not feel revolutionary as it was for it's time, and I found the plot to be disjointed. My favorite parts were the descriptions of landscape or settings. I don't really have a strong opinion of this book, as it has a place in history making books, but as this book is history making, many of the ideas and themes have been recycled in more recent books that, due to the cultural and social settings, I found to be more interesting and relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Abortion