Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

61 reviews

grereads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The movie was already one of my all time favourites so I knew I'd love the book, and it definitely was even better than the adaptation. I loved the fact the chapters were really short because I prefer them. This was an instant 5/5 and a new favourite of mine. Some of the stories and the quotes from this book will forever be with me. Even though I don't have any diagnosis of mental illness, I felt really close to Susanna: I think that is because this is also the story of a teenage girl who feels disconnected from the world she lives in, which is something I have experienced and still experience, like many other young women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Blood

maeve_simone's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

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

abbymcintyree's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Suicide attempt

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

growintogardens's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and War

cosmic_blooms's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Susanna Kaysen gives a raw viewpoint into navigating psychiatry with mental illness. Her stories are not to be taken lightly, but reflected on and empathized with. These stories are more common than we know and need to be shared; they will change the way we think about mental health.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Medical content

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

andraaa777's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

iambonkersbananas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Violence

Minor: Ableism