Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

34 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.

lexilovesreadingandlaufey's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

It was confusing to be completely honest, I didn’t get what was going on in some parts but I connected the dots roughly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

picking_back_up's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

Finished it one sitting, some parts were relatable. The writing pulled me into the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

charliebriggs96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

sestout's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Excrement, and Pregnancy

am4man's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

downcircles's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I couldn't put this book down when I started. It's a short read and I completely understand why it's so beloved. I read it as a friend sharing their experiences with me so the time line jumps didnt bother me at all. I felt the author was very good at making me feel the way their environment felt withouth needing to go into too much detail and I quite liked the shorter chapter style. While being able to balance being funny and recognizing that these girls where commited for a reason. The last few chapters add an important perspective of social bias of diagnosis and believability of those of us who struggle with mental health. The pages with her medical notes added a lot as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content

rosalind's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

sunnybugz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Grief, and Abandonment