After hearing about Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen from one of my friends, I had set out to make time and take a few days to read this book. In some ways I was interested on what kind of people would end up in a psychiatric hospital and if I could be among those people. I really enjoyed reading this book because it is the work of a person who physically spent time in a psychiatric hospital. Susanna provides vivid portraits of the hospital, the patients, and staff. However, the uncontinuity of the story does lead to confusion among the readers.

In 1967, after an aspirin overdose, Susanna Kaysen is sent to Mclean Hospital. She spends her next two years in a ward for girls. She makes friends with most of the girls. Susanna learns about Borderline Personality Disorder, her diagnosis. It is the uncertainty of "self-image, sexual orientation, long-term goals or career choice, types of friends or lovers to have�" In Susanna�s words, the transition from a teenage girl to a woman.

I would suggest this book to anybody with time on his or her hands. It is not hard to read, however, it is better to read one chapter a day. This would leave you time to think and make up your own ideas in order to deeply understand the author�s point of view. Another reason why the reader should take a few days to read this book is because the uncontinuity of the book might confuse the reader and uninterested in the actual point of the story. The reason why I personally liked this book was because it wasn�t an old story about people learning how to live their lives to a persons opinions and ideas about everyday activities and thoughts. For all you know, we could all be crazy.

I would recommend this book to anybody interested in the life and thoughts of a person locked in a psychiatric hospital. Even though it describes the hospital in the 1960s you might still get and idea of how people spend their time and could you be a type of person to end up in there?