Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

9 reviews

lkristin2018's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A memoir about an older teen’s experience living in a psychiatric hospital for a couple years. Very vivid and insightful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Some very vivid descriptions of disturbing content.

lucy_fabulous's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

This is one of the most beautifully honest books I have ever read. I am a huge fan on Silvia Plath and The Bell Jar, so I was more than happy to pick this up to read. It’s a short book, taking me around four days to read, but it was packed to the brim with endearingly disturbing stories of mental illness, suicide, and the horrors that come with them. The existential nature of the book is terrifyingly cathartic, and I would truly recommend this book to anybody with a mental illness, who that are interested in mental health.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Excrement

kadinelouise's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

allie_fawn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

This memoir will resonate with anyone who’s been in treatment. If you know, you know. 🌻💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

prescriptionbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It's nice to know that I'm not alone with my mental illness but at the same time it's incredibly sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

jackieyvette's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Love the movie and finally got around to reading the book that started it all. It’s a very quick read and easy to fall into. Susanna Kaysen’s writing voice is great and I really enjoyed this book even with its super dark underbelly. 
Don’t expect to get a play-by-play of the movie because the book is at the base the same, but really different once the base has been laid. 
Gotta go watch Girl, Interrupted now. 

Crying score: No, but I think I could have if I weren’t reading at work in public. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

loggskywalker's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

a great read. It wasnt anything like the movie and i kinda like that it is its own thing & i related a lot with susanna which was nice 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

lauryngreen's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

I really enjoyed this after picking it up from a charity shop on a whim. I won’t lie, I struggled to read some of the teensy writing in the photocopied hospital notes, but I did find it really fascinating - if that’s even the right word. A lot of what Kaysen talks about, about why sane people fear ill people because everyone has the capacity for insanity, was so true. Very much enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis