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by Susanna Kaysen (Author) "People ask, How did you get in there? ..." (more)
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When reality got "too dense" for 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen, she was hospitalized. It was 1967, and reality was too dense for many people. But few who are labeled mad and locked up for refusing to stick to an agreed-upon reality possess Kaysen's lucidity in sorting out a maelstrom of contrary perceptions. Her observations about hospital life are deftly rendered; often darkly funny. Her clarity about the complex province of brain and mind, of neuro-chemical activity and something more, make this book of brief essays an exquisite challenge to conventional thinking about what is normal and what is deviant.


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Kaysen's startling account of her two-year stay at a Boston psychiatric hospital 25 years ago was an eight-week PW bestseller.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad, Dec 28 2005
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It was too short and redundant. The movie is a lot better.
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4.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU'VE SEEN THE MOVIE YOU SHOULD READ THIS!!, Jun 24 2004
By "duudettes" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
I read the book after I'd seen the movie and was disappointed in the movie. It left a lot of things out, added some stuff and really obscured the timeline.
The book however was captivating, I really had a hard time putting it down, and it's a very easy read. I enjoyed delving more into Susannna's mind learing what she was thinking during certain events in her life. It also puts a light onto early psychological techniques, which thank God have improved. One of my favorite parts in the book is were she starts to see her hand withouth bones, something that was mentioned shortly in the movie. The characters are thoroughtly mentioned in the book and even some you didn't seen in the movie, the funny thing is that Lisa the Angelina Joeli character didn't seem to play as big of a role in Susanna's life there. The movie seemed to focus maybe too much on the character since she was the more practical Hollywood mold, while the book of course is focused on Susanna.
Anyway, it was a fun book to read and an easy one too, if you liked the movie you should read the book to learn more about what really happened to Susanna during her stay at the hospital.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding a Mental Illness, Jun 1 2004
By Priscilla Sarabia (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
Right from the beginning of Girl, Interrupted the author introduces herself as an eighteen-year-old named Susanna Kaysen. She encounters a session with a psychiatrist she's never met or spoken to before in her life. The beginning of the book is thrilling and exciting because you're not exactly sure where you're going to end up. Susanna is then sent away in a taxi, which takes her to McLean Hospital. It becomes very real and clear about what is going on if you've had similar experiences in life.

She stays in a ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital for the next two years of her life. By this point you really feel like you're right there with the writer. It all becomes very real and a little hard to read. This memoir of Kaysen includes horrible things that go on in the ward and at the same time she gives the readers a very clear description about the other patients in there. In the end the book brings you to a conclusion between mental illness and recovery. This book really showed me that life isn't as bad as I perceived it. I learned that when you think you've got it bad, you might not really know what you've got coming for you-because as you get older the real world can sometimes catch up with you.

I would recommend this book to anyone that is struggling with a friend or family member that has a mental illness. It helps you to understand what pain they're going through and why they say and think the way they do. This was by far one of my favorite books I've read this year and at the same time it was my biggest life saver.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Convincing
I read this book for my English class and found it refreshingly odd. And, honestly? Odd is good once in a while. Read more
Published on Mar 1 2006 by Alexina P.

4.0 out of 5 stars Girl, Interrupted Book Review
This book gives a truthful look into the mind of a disturbed young woman who finds herself in a mental hospital due to a struggle with her inner emotions. Ms. Read more
Published on April 30 2004 by Kylejanelaura SammyJackie

5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-opening insightful and awe inspiring
If I could give this book 6 stars I would! Right from the opening this book grips the reader with facinating therioes of live and incrediable thought process. Read more
Published on April 26 2004 by robbie_86

3.0 out of 5 stars I Like This
loved the movie thanks to Angelina Jolie. Which made me read the book also because it was a assingment in my school overall this book was phenomenal.
Published on April 12 2004 by Oreanna

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid but no great literary work
This book is interesting if you want to just have a lite read about a girl gone nuts. But there is little insight into why she thinks she got this way and her descriptions are... Read more
Published on April 10 2004 by Crazy2Bhere

4.0 out of 5 stars Girl Interrupted (How do you now when you are crazy?)
This book, The Girl Interrupted is a great book to read. This book is full of dark comedy and very interesting points that Susanna tells us about here stay at Mclean... Read more
Published on Feb 26 2004 by Amanda B.

4.0 out of 5 stars Girl Interrupted (How do you know when you are crazy?)
This book, The Girl Interrupted is a great book to read. This book is full of dark comedy and very interesting points that Susanna tells us about here stay at Mclean Hospital. Read more
Published on Feb 26 2004 by Amanda B.

5.0 out of 5 stars In the Loony Bin
I loved the movie thanks to Angelina Jolie. I got the book much later. The book is even more honest.Lisa you love her as if you were Susanna. She is funny, honest and real.
Published on Dec 23 2003 by Dance Dance Dance

5.0 out of 5 stars normal girl
I loved the movie so I had to get the book. Glad I did. The book is even better. Its more real and honest about what happened to Susuanna. Read more
Published on Dec 22 2003 by Severe

4.0 out of 5 stars Read this and SIREN'S DANCE for both sides of the coin
What is Borderline Personality if you have it and what is Borderline Personality if you are married to the one who has it? Read more
Published on Nov 14 2003

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