Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

23 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

ktmanos's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Very heavy content - not for everyone. Check content warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

chuibug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

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

opal_scorpio's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual content

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

gracer0sew's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Drug abuse

ffrank's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Ableism and Addiction