(192 pages)
In 1967, 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen was sent to McLean Hospital to be treated for depression and spent most of the next two years there. In this, her memoir of her time there, she questions our definitions of sane and insane, and offers vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers.
This was a really quick and interesting read. It read more like a collection of vignettes than anything, and this made it feel disjointed. I am a huge fan of the film (with Winona Ryder as Susanna & Angelina Jolie as Lisa), and reading the book filled out some of the characters a little, but Honestly, I preferred the film as it felt much more linear and easy to follow.
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