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A review by fakestginger
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Brad Ricca, Courtney Sieh, Nellie Bly
4.0
An absolutely disturbing tale about life in an asylum for the insane in the late 1800s.
I think this is an excellent read and is overall well-written, especially considering she was a journalist, not a novelist. It was very revelatory of the horrors suffered by the mentally unwell as well as the terrifying reality of the lack of freedom that women in general at the time experienced. It reveals not only the evils they suffer on the island but that of those who send these women to this island.
Four stars because I sometimes found the writing repetitive and strangely organized at points.
I think this is an excellent read and is overall well-written, especially considering she was a journalist, not a novelist. It was very revelatory of the horrors suffered by the mentally unwell as well as the terrifying reality of the lack of freedom that women in general at the time experienced. It reveals not only the evils they suffer on the island but that of those who send these women to this island.
Four stars because I sometimes found the writing repetitive and strangely organized at points.