Submitted by IDoBeVibing745 t3_ygamgt in books
So I'm about 75% of the way through The Bell Jar right now and I really want to finish it. However, I'm having some difficulties. Long story short, I'm on a similar path as Esther/Sylvia was on and reading the endgame of that has been a bit emotionally taxing. The only strategy I've been using is to listen in short chunks, but I'm not sure if there is anything else that may help too. I also want to clarify that it's not triggering, although earlier parts in the book were, but just emotionally heavy.
xandra_enaj t1_iu7uhey wrote
Sounds like you’re consuming via audiobook. Have you tried consuming via print? You’re more in control of the rate and amount you take on at a time, which might make it a little easier to process. (To be clear, I’m not hating on audiobooks at all, I was thinking of how I get through emotionally heavy reading material and often times it’s by just closing my eyes and sitting with it for a minute and I’m not sure I could get the same effect with audio.)