Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

La campana de cristal by Sylvia Plath

232 reviews

ravenstag6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, and Abandonment

sliceofghost's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

the girls who get it get it, and sylvia plath DEFINITELY gets it

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent

crystal689's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

leesbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

plath’s descriptions are breathtaking. we really get to know esther on such a deep level, which unfortunately also reflects plath’s own experiences

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

goemonxiii's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.75

While I can appreciate The Bell Jar for what it is and what it's done for the field of literature, feminism, and mental health... it's not for me (which is fine). I'm not particularly enthusiastic about this book, there were parts that were difficult to get through, and I doubt I'll read it again. It's not terrible, and there were in fact parts that I liked, and I do like being able to say that I've read The Bell Jar, but other than that there's not much here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Racism and Death of parent

several graphic suicide attempts, severe mental illness, depression, medical complication involving birth control

juliec617's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical bookThe Bell Jar, follows Esther Greenwood who is a college student with dreams of becoming a poet. She first has an internship in New York, which is unfulfilling and leaves her issues regarding her sense of self and societal expectations. 

**SPOILER**

When Greenwood is back in Massachusetts she is under strong psychological distress, including a suicide attempt, causing her mother to send her to a psychiatric hospital. 
As Greenwood improves, psychologically, she is given more freedom from the hospital to go out and stay out late, which allows her to loose her virginity. One of her friends in the hospital kills herself and Esther is allowed to appeal the board of doctors in an attempt to leave and go back to college.
The last scene is Ester entering the room. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

l1ttle_f0x's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body shaming and Death of parent

bskalka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely love the writing style of this book and the setting is perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

eagleofthe9th's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.0

Eh. This is probably the worst of the good books on mental health i've read. As someone who has read a lot of those books I feel pretty qualified to say that. Esther is a suburban girl taking a trip to New York, after she finds out she didn't make the writing class she applied for and spirals. Conceptually this works fine I think it was just written poorly. The whole New York bit doesn't add anything story wise and Esther is pretty un likable. She doesn't learn anything and the end seems pretty loose. Just doesn't hold up against others Ive read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria