Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

6 reviews

allie_fawn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Mental illness

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

prescriptionbooks's review

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: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Chronic illness, Self harm, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

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, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

loggskywalker's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

a great read. It wasnt anything like the movie and i kinda like that it is its own thing & i related a lot with susanna which was nice 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

lauryngreen's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

I really enjoyed this after picking it up from a charity shop on a whim. I won’t lie, I struggled to read some of the teensy writing in the photocopied hospital notes, but I did find it really fascinating - if that’s even the right word. A lot of what Kaysen talks about, about why sane people fear ill people because everyone has the capacity for insanity, was so true. Very much enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Eating disorder, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts