Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

26 reviews

votresourirelit's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

slowly_dying_inside's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense

3.0

This was an informative read, but I was not too fond of the pretentious way it was written. Nor was I fond of the graphic descriptions of the different kinds of abuse the author encountered ( I was expecting a less detailed description but was caught off guard by the disgusting way people can treat others).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Death, Drug use, Blood, Dementia, Colonisation, and Deportation

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Racial slurs

miss_creant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

I am so impressed that Nellie Bly was able to pull off getting committed to the Blackwell Island Insane Asylum for a writing project. She put a lot of trust in her employer to get her out. This was a very interesting read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

angstyweeaboo's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

geerbeer's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

1.0

Just not my cup of tea. I already knew all of this, because of American Horror Story Asylum, which I would recommend to anyone who can handle scary/eerie things 🤷🏻‍♀️😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Gaslighting

pipettesandpages's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

It is always hard for me to rate books like this, but I found Nellie's investigative journalism fascinating and eye-opening for its time. While I wish she delved more into the treatment of people within the story, I know there were many constraints and difficulties surrounding this. This is a good read for those wishing to know more about the treatment of those in historic past, though be warned there is no fair treatment of these individuals. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

4.5

 I was interested to read a first hand historical account of how badly mental health issues were handled during this era, because I've seen a lot of mud flung online and in historical fiction, and wanted to see if it was all based in fact. (Spoiler, yes the conditions were as bad as you think and maybe worse. It's less clear on whether relatives intentionally landed the inmates in these conditions as a matter of course, or if it was usually through ignorance.)

 I was very pleasantly surprised by how engaging Nellie Bly's writing style was, and have added her novels to my TBR because I pretty much want to read everything she's written now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child death

calhudak's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence