Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

70 reviews

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

spookynerd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.25

This was one of those titles that is so well known, I've thought "I ought to have read this," as it sat on my TBR shelf for years. After picking it up and starting to read it, I very quickly made myself uncomfortable as I thought, "This is.... real. This identifies too well," and realized upon looking more closely that it is, in fact, a memoir. I had never been aware of that. 

This was a quick read but not an insubstantial one. The anthology type storytelling makes it go by quickly, but it gets under your skin at the same time. It's funny and poignant, and I think it sheds light on some pervasive issues with society and mental health issues - and how we view and treat it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

mmefish's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

3.5

[...] Anything I thought or did was immediately drawn into the debate. Made a stupid remark—why not kill myself? Missed the bus—better put an end to it all. Even the good got in there. I liked that movie—maybe I shouldn't kill myself. [...]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

Minor: Incest

meghannleavy's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Eating disorder

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

meowcoric's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

clare072's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

sammilynnebob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

thestoriesjar's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis