Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

15 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

autumnadair13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

It started out funny and easy then it went downhill from there and boring. It's not the worst book. But not really the best either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

diannasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

wish4bones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

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

rae_diant's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship