A review by lkristin2018
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

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.