Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

10 Days in a Mad House by Nellie Bly

20 reviews

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

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

shea_proulx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

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

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Death, and Medical content

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Emotional abuse