Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

La ragazza interrotta by Susanna Kaysen

34 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.

fallandfox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Este livro é um relato autobiográfico ficcionalizado sobre a mente tumultuada e sua internação em um hospital psiquiátrico na década de 1960.
Eu sempre quis ler esse livro e ver o filme inspirado nele, a jornada dela de saúde mental e sua compaixão foram coisas que me atraíram bastante.
A escrita da Susanna é fluida e é possível realizar uma leitura rápida (principalmente por ser em torno de 200 páginas).
Essa é uma leitura que recomendo para quem quer ler sobre uma pessoa que sofre de doenças mentais, enquanto ele não vai sufocar o leitor com descrições mais do que as necessárias para a jornada.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

3.5

This requires quite a few content warnings, so I’ll include them below!

This was an intense read. I had to skim over some parts that were triggering. But other parts really drew me in and I finished it off in 2 sittings 😳

I can’t say that the writing itself was particularly engaging, but the content was fascinating! I can’t believe it’s based on a true story either. 3.5/3.75 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

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

fazington's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

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

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

This memoir will resonate with anyone who’s been in treatment. If you know, you know. 🌻💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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 against another edition

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