168 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781860497926
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd.
Publication date: 17 February 2000
Description
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as r...
Community Reviews Summary of 13,698 reviews
Moods
dark 67%
emotional 62%
sad 36%
informative 31%
challenging 23%
funny 21%
tense 14%
hopeful 8%
inspiring 7%
mysterious 3%
adventurous 1%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
fast 40%
slow 17%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, SuicideModerate
Eating disorder, Self harm, Forced institutionalizationMinor
Adult/minor relationship
168 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781860497926
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd.
Publication date: 17 February 2000
Description
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as r...
Community Reviews Summary of 13,698 reviews
Moods
dark 67%
emotional 62%
sad 36%
informative 31%
challenging 23%
funny 21%
tense 14%
hopeful 8%
inspiring 7%
mysterious 3%
adventurous 1%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 1%
Pace
fast 40%
slow 17%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, SuicideModerate
Eating disorder, Self harm, Forced institutionalizationMinor
Adult/minor relationship