Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

La ragazza interrotta by Susanna Kaysen

163 reviews

mykingdomforacommune's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

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Graphic: Mental illness

sheshu45's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

ifigeneiatsa's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

I originally bought this book because I read online that it it has similar themes to the Bell Jar, although this one has a happier ending/ message than Plath's work. I was surprised when I learnt afterwards that it is a memoir. This characteristic makes the story more real and impactfull. Kaysen is very hinest about her time in the psychiatric clinic and she does a good job at balancing the emotions she flet and being obejctive and trying to analyze her diagnosis. My favourite part of the book was when she describes mental illness as kind of a schism between reality and one's own perceived mental states. Hows there is something inside the mind that is interpreting all the neurological activity that is going on and gives reasons to them and how with mental health that something is not always credible. I also loved the structure of the memoir, how it wasn't linear and the fact that the chapters were short.

Quote: "It is easy to slip into a parallel universe"

"I was in pain and nobody knew it; even I had trouble knowing it"

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Moderate: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

meghannleavy's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.75

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

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

rosalind's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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

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

binamalina's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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

sunnybugz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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

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

jessicar86's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

3.0

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Graphic: Mental illness

meowcoric's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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

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

malinawhoreadsathome's review against another edition

3.75

 Kaysen writes of her time in McLean Hospital, weaving in pieces of her past and future within this memoir. she is a girl interrupted by this parallel universe that she occupies as a patient of the hospital. she paints her fellow patients in vivid colors and contrasts them with the “world” , with how they’re perceived by others not in their universe. really incredible book, read in less than a day. Kaysen offers insight into ourselves, into our perceptions, into our desires and fears. she shows us who we are. honestly, i related a lot to her within this memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Mental illness