Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

28 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

crabbytaco's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

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