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A review by caseythereader
Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Thanks to Lavender PR for the free copy of this book.
- COMMITTED: ON MEANING AND MADWOMEN is part memoir and part exploration of the history of institutionalizing women through looking at the work of women writers like Sylvia Plath, Shulamith Firestone and more.
- This book is a meandering read that think deeply about how it changes your life and very conception of yourself to have been a mental patient.
- I wasn’t familiar with all the writers discussed in this book, but it hardly mattered. Scanlon brings them to life in these pages, three dimensionalizing figures often reduced only to their madness.
- COMMITTED: ON MEANING AND MADWOMEN is part memoir and part exploration of the history of institutionalizing women through looking at the work of women writers like Sylvia Plath, Shulamith Firestone and more.
- This book is a meandering read that think deeply about how it changes your life and very conception of yourself to have been a mental patient.
- I wasn’t familiar with all the writers discussed in this book, but it hardly mattered. Scanlon brings them to life in these pages, three dimensionalizing figures often reduced only to their madness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer