Review on the Memoir

The book, Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen is a memoir that includes her experiences at McLean Hospital along with her life story of her many medical conditions consisting of borderline personality disorder along with depression. I personally thought that this book wasn't that good because there was a lack of plot line and there wasn't anything interesting within this book. In the beginning, the book seemed real interesting but as you kept on reading, it got boring and dull because the memoir had no interesting plot. I also felt like Kaysen focused on the other girls in the hospital more than herself. If the memoir is about her, she should've focused on her treatment, life and stay at McLean's. I found it interesting figuring out the reason behind why each patient was that the ward along with the many interesting stories that Kaysen experienced at the hospital. I also found it interesting how Kaysen was so intrigued with the floors, her bones, and time. She obsessed over many things that wouldn't seem like such a big deal to "normal" people. I learned what borderline personality disorder was and it seems like they are people who aren't able to deal with change in their lives. They seem like they almost freak out or stand clueless to where to go.

For some odd reason, this book reminds me of many exorcists movies because of that one situation in which Susanna caused harm to herself in order to see her bone structure in her hand. Susanna did a great job describing it that also made is sound demonic in a way. Susanna Kaysen seems like a reliable narrator to me throughout her book. She never seem suspicious about any of the details in the book. Her book flows in order with a few flash backs but it pretty much follows her order of events. 

Somethings I didn't like about this book was that Susanna just told her story and didn't explain her reasoning behind her actions. There also wasn't that much action throughout her life/story and it makes it seem like her life was boring and consists of nothing. Many of the doctor documents didn't seem to be a little hard to read because of the font or format.

If I were asked if this book should be recommended, I would say no because I feel like many of the other books/memoirs read in the unit did a better job exemplifying the author's mental illness. And this book did a dull job at incorporating her life into it. /