Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Ten Days in A Mad-House: Illustrated and Annotated: A First-Hand Account of Life At Bellevue Hospital on Blackwell's Island in 1887 by Nellie Bly

26 reviews

hyena's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

keimre734's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

3.5

This book was difficult to read. Nellie Bly talks about women being forced to stay in the asylum even though they are mentally stable as well as women being mistreated and abused by staff. My heart breaks for the men and women who were treated this way. I’m so glad Nellie Bly was brave and decided to get a first hand account of the asylums. 

3.5 out of 5 stars!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

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

themadpotter's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

I gave this 4 stars because I truly expected more information on what happened inside the walls of the asylum. 

I understand things like that weren't spoken about back then, but I'd hoped. 

The language can be a little harder to understand, as I wasn't very familiar with the spoken word of then time period and often had to re-read paragraphs. 

The book seemed kind of thrown together, going from topic to topic, with little or no segway.. or formatting prompts. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

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

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

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death