Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

La ragazza interrotta by Susanna Kaysen

26 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.

kadinelouise's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

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

amswimmy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, and Suicide attempt

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Violence

mack_urdaddy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

It’s very different from the movie on the same way that “Perks of Being a Wallflower” is different from the movie. It’s in more of a character-focused, almost diary entry format with significantly less plot than the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

downcircles's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I couldn't put this book down when I started. It's a short read and I completely understand why it's so beloved. I read it as a friend sharing their experiences with me so the time line jumps didnt bother me at all. I felt the author was very good at making me feel the way their environment felt withouth needing to go into too much detail and I quite liked the shorter chapter style. While being able to balance being funny and recognizing that these girls where commited for a reason. The last few chapters add an important perspective of social bias of diagnosis and believability of those of us who struggle with mental health. The pages with her medical notes added a lot as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content

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

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

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