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Summary: Choose either the book or the movie
Review: I loved this book. It captivated me from the very start. Ms. Kaysen not only recorded her memories, she also cleverly included commentaries on the worlds of both the "sane" and the "insane". She also included copies of records like her admittance form. I read the book first. Last week, I saw the movie with some friends. I kept turning and whispering to them, "This never happened!" It actually quite annoyed me. I suggest that you either choose to read the fabulous and skillfully written book, or see the movie. This novel was one of the best that I have ever read. I feel that Ms. Kaysen is an author of the same league and talent as Sylvia Plath and other great woman authors of our time. This is an exceptional book. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Not close to what I expected
Review: I had much anticipated reading this book and when I finally got to, I found it was basically boring and slow. It seemed to lack a true plot and it was just like mindless babbling about nothing.
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Summary: Omigod!
Review: My older brother gave me this book as a Christmas present. I absolutly LOVED this book! I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did. It was wonderfully written. I was absorbed in this book. I loved it. I recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: wonderful
Review: SO SO SO great! The book is so wonderful, the movie wasn't nearly as good as the book, and I thought the movie was so great! It was so moving, so touching and I learned so much from her experience. It reminded me a lot of myself, even though I have never been commited to a mental institution, I saw myself in Susanna. SUCH A GREAT BOOK!
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Summary: why does everyone love this book?
Review: Yes, it's a fast, easy read. But, it is also shallow. Look, I have no problem with shallow. No problem with "junk books." I just can't stand books that think they're smart. This is not. A psychiatric hospital should be a haven for interesting characters. Where are they? And what is most disappointing is how self-aware the author is. You can almost hear herself thinking, this is funny or this is a really deep thought, or boy, I'm a talented writer. If you want a passionate, driven, shocking account of psychiatric hospital life, try Daphne Scholinski's THE LAST TIME I WORE A DRESS.
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Summary: The Heart of All Our Minds
Review: I read Girl, Interrupted a day after seeing the movie and was not suprised to find they were two different animals. The memoirs of Kaysen are so frank and universal you find yourself in the room along with Suzanna and Georgette. Kaysen speaks to your fears and you will find it very calming to realise you are not alone in some of your darkest, wildest thoughts. What the book does best is shed light on an imperfect science that struggled along with popular ideas on how the mind works. I was, however, dissapointed when I had finished the book. It's only flaw is that there isn't enough. Altogether a quick read, I definately recommend this for a cold, winter's day when you have a couple hours free.
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Summary: Good
Review: This book is pretty Good. I recomend this to anyone whose sanity has been questioned by themselves and by others. I like the story to be perfectly honest. I hope the movie does the book justice.
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Summary: A poetic look at emotional suffering
Review: As the author of Lost in the Mirror, a book written to educate the public about Borderline Personality Disorder, I read with interest Susanna Kaysen's autobiographical account of her journey to healing after being diagnosed with BPD. While somewhat cynical about her experience in treatment, Ms. Kaysen writes with a sensitive appreciation of the metaphor embedded within her emotional suffering. In describing an overdose as an attempt to get rid of "a certain aspect of my character," she illustrated how many acts of self-harm are symbolic attempts to eliminate parts of the self that are seen as bad and somehow separate. In a discussion of "velocity and viscosity" of thought, she poignantly illustrates the flooding of thoughts and feelings alternating with emotional numbness that is typical of the experience of people with BPD.These rich introspective vignettes, the essence of the author's writing,are unfortunately lost in the screen adaptation of the book. Ms. Kaysen also portrays a bygone era of psychiatric treatment in which hospitals offered a prolonged period of sanctuary during which healing could often occur. While the biological treatment of emotional disorders was still in its infancy and psychological treatment was inexact, more art than science, the hospital offered a safe environment, emotional support, and enough time for healing to occur. Time has always been a crucial element of the healing process. Even with the most sophisticated treatments, wounds take time to heal, a process that cannot be compressed to fit neatly within the several days or weeks of hospitalization allowed today to address emotional crisis. The lost opportunity for sanctuary is one of the great tragedies of modern psychiatric treatment.
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Summary: Amazing Read
Review: "Girl, Interrupted", is one of the most influential books that I've ever read in my life.
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Summary: Girl Interrupted
Review: The kind of world the autor lives in is quite small. Limited firstly by her sex to opine everything, and then by the nature of her attempts at control, the author can only guess at what would pass for writing. Then again, if it exposes the myriad personal problems of the younger generation of immediate self gratifying, blame everyone, generation of women, (which fortunately is going out of style) it is genius.
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