Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

La ragazza interrotta 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.

alsira98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, and Sexism

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

anaheeta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Excrement and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sestout's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Excrement, and Pregnancy

ren_the_hobbit's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book really hit home. It is amazingly written. I loved the ways that the chapters are interspersed with the documentation from her stay. How it all comes together to show both the institution but also the very real people she met also locked up with her really got me thinking and questioning my own beliefs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Suicide

rosalind's review against another edition

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

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

quinnlind's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

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