Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

10 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

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

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

itsreirei's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

100+ years passed and nurses are still mean girls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Suicidal thoughts

zamyatins_fears's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

There are certainly are more extensive works on the subject, but this is a good read for anyone interested in it for the historic importance. The woman known as Nellie Bly (pen name) was one of the earliest investigative reporters. It's terrifying how easily she was able to get herself committed to an insane asylum. Just as it's heartbreaking to read about just the abuses she witnessed or heard many accounts of. Modern works may be a bit more in-depth on these kinds of abuses, but Bly was instrumental in getting more funds diverted to the care of those suffering on Roosevelt Island and was instrumental in the call for reform. A bit of a slow start, but a quick read once she is declared a "hopeless case" and shipped off to the asylum. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Written in WW1 originally for the papers, so the abuses mentioned are stated factually, but without graphic descriptions.

exlibrissum's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

eerie_iri's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism