A review by evitacademia
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I was surprised at how factual and sober this is written. A large part of it is objective description of the ward but especially the reflection of the diagnosis, the debate between Interpreter one and two and the way she perceived madness and herself growing up was extremely raw and in a way, refreshing to read. I read it in a couple of hours and was so invested. It seems even more authentic and real because the author and protagonist are the same person. And I liked the occasional glance into the future and the comments that managed to be funny in a setting like this. It had some brilliant thought in it that I might have to read again to fully understand. In some aspects, it was comfortably relatable.