Review: Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is one of those rare instances where the movie is better than the book (to me, anyway). While the movie left out some rather important plot points (a painting and the significance of the title of the book, for instance), the movie gave the characters personality and depth. I went into reading this wanting to know more about specific people (Lisa was one in particular). The book did answer a couple of questions I had about them, but their stories and backgrounds are lacking.

At one point in the movie, in a voice narrative, there is a line about how Susanna wrote every random thought and put it in her notebook. That's how this book reads. There is no chronology. Chapters just seem to be inserted here and there as if they were written as she was thinking of them. It was a fast read and I did enjoy it, but the book and the movie need to have a love child. Neither one seem complete on their own.

This is the first time I've wished there was a half star rating. I would probably give it a 3.5.

I read this book as part of the PopSugar Reading Challenge 2018 - A book about mental health.

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