Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

20 reviews

diannasbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Suicide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Death, and Cursing

fazington's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

constant_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: War and Drug abuse

Minor: Blood, Death, and Suicide

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

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

Minor: Sexual content

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Suicide, Death, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

clare072's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

hannaashaffer's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

this was amazing. i loved this so much, i haven’t seen the whole movie but it definitely gave me a perception of what the book would be like but it was completely different, don’t expect a narrative story with a straight timeline. it is a collection of thoughts that the author has written 30 years after the experience with a better understanding of herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Suicide, Abandonment, and Suicide attempt

harper_simmons's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed reading this. It’s a good binge read. I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Death

grereads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The movie was already one of my all time favourites so I knew I'd love the book, and it definitely was even better than the adaptation. I loved the fact the chapters were really short because I prefer them. This was an instant 5/5 and a new favourite of mine. Some of the stories and the quotes from this book will forever be with me. Even though I don't have any diagnosis of mental illness, I felt really close to Susanna: I think that is because this is also the story of a teenage girl who feels disconnected from the world she lives in, which is something I have experienced and still experience, like many other young women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexism, and Blood

hshqofficial's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, and Drug use