Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

10 Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly

22 reviews

themadpotter's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

I gave this 4 stars because I truly expected more information on what happened inside the walls of the asylum. 

I understand things like that weren't spoken about back then, but I'd hoped. 

The language can be a little harder to understand, as I wasn't very familiar with the spoken word of then time period and often had to re-read paragraphs. 

The book seemed kind of thrown together, going from topic to topic, with little or no segway.. or formatting prompts. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

angstyweeaboo's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Misogyny, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gaslighting and Death

geerbeer's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

1.0

Just not my cup of tea. I already knew all of this, because of American Horror Story Asylum, which I would recommend to anyone who can handle scary/eerie things 🤷🏻‍♀️😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, and Confinement

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

4.5

 I was interested to read a first hand historical account of how badly mental health issues were handled during this era, because I've seen a lot of mud flung online and in historical fiction, and wanted to see if it was all based in fact. (Spoiler, yes the conditions were as bad as you think and maybe worse. It's less clear on whether relatives intentionally landed the inmates in these conditions as a matter of course, or if it was usually through ignorance.)

 I was very pleasantly surprised by how engaging Nellie Bly's writing style was, and have added her novels to my TBR because I pretty much want to read everything she's written now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexism

Minor: Death

lycheeteareads's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Death, Ableism, and Medical content

princess_kay_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

emilyswift's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

Hauntingly enlightening 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Confinement

anhedonia_n_anomie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

In 1887, 23 y.o. investigative journalist Bly easily gets herself committed to NYC's Women's Lunatic Asylum to report on conditions which are shockingly neglectful & cruel w/most patients not even ill

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment