But Inside I'm Screaming
by Elizabeth Flock
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Read in April, 2007
I thought this book was so annoying. Seriously, how many times do you need to say "adirondack chair"... I mean, is the type of chair you sit and smoke in THAT important? No. I get it. You sit in adirondack chairs. Also, it was so unoriginal. Think a crappy and way less interesting version of "Girl, Interrupted" (or any similar 'I'm in the psych ward but I shouldn't be' book). I was bored and unimpressed.
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Read in August, 2007
Anything that involves psychiatry usually grabs my attention immediately. Thus, I really wanted to love this book. However, I just wasn't interested! I really didn't care about the protagonist, Isabel; I didn't care what she was going through and I didn't care if she even got better by the end. In fact, I had to restart this book twice because I was so disinterested the first time that I had to put it down and read something else. Ultimately, it was just too trite and too dull.
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Read in January, 2006
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Oh for crying out loud. This book was chosen for our book club and it was one of the worst reads ever. It took everything in me to finish it, hoping it would get better. No character development, very little plot, miraculous recoveries, everything wrapped up all pretty with a bow at the end -- thank goodness I didn't spend any money on it, but I could have done something more useful with the time it took to pick it up from the library and read it, like rearrange my sock drawer.
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Read in August, 2007
This is the story of a newscaster who has a breakdown on tv when she's supposed to be giving a special report about Princess Diana's death. She winds up hospitalized after attempting suicide and the book is about her recovery. I liked the book but I didn't love it. Her big breakthrough in therapy is that she just has to love herself and everything will be fine, it was a little too simplistic and unrealistic for my taste but all in all it wasn't bad for a summer read.
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I was interested in reading another book by Elizabeth Flock, but was highly disappointed! This book is about a newscaster suffering from depression. She takes a leave of absence from work and commits herself to a mental institution. The rest of the book is about how she copes with her "life" in the institution. I was left to wonder, why I wasted my time on this book!
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Read in June, 2007
I really enjoyed this novel. The main premise is that it is about a journalist who has been trying to meet everyone's expectations for too long, and she finally loses it. This novel traces her experiences in a mental institution and discusses how she finally is able to stand on her own, despite a non-supportive family and an abusive husband.
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This book was a page-turner, but has a disappointing end. The end also dragged on longer then necessary like a bad movie. As I was reading I was more interested in the other patients rather than the main character. This isn't surprising when you realize her problem was only minor when compared to all the others in the hospital.
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I really liked this book. I couldn't put it down. I joked with Christina that this is what I do on a daily basis; but realize I'm not THAT far gone....sometimes it may feel like it. I thought the character of Ben was entertaining, Larry. :) But Isabel was much stronger than she gave herself or anyone else gave credit to.
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This book kind of upset and distrubed me, but at the same time made me feel comforted. Its about a very normal person, who suffers a break down ending up in a mental hospital. I could imagine myself in her situation thinking the same thoughts. Which is the scary part becuaes she was crazy!
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Read in October, 2007
The plot is fine, and the book is a quick read (exactly what I was looking for). The problem is that sometimes the writing style is just too much. She sometimes drops in these extended metaphors that are so cliched. And by sometimes, I mean every chapter. Those drive me crazy.
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I read this in about three hours. It could have been shorter. It was interesting but nothing to write home about. I guess I was hoping for more detail about the medical aspects of being committed; this is more of a story that just happens to take place in an institution.
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Read in January, 2005
I guess I like stories with mental institutions. I really liked this one, shows how a person with a seemingly easy life can fall apart
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A fast read and entertaining at times but I just did not connect to the main character. I had no sympathy for her, which is pretty amazing given she is in a mental institution and has had a lot of crappy things happen to her.
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Read in May, 2007
Interesting story and lots of little insights. Thoughtful in that it showed how differently people handle things--some fight and some just give up. Funnier than I expected it to be as well.
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Read in February, 2007
The idea was good but the character wasn't someone you would care about which leads to a disconnect. You feel bad for her but it doesn't tug at your heart the way mental illness can.
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Read in May, 2008
I just started this last weekend and LOVE it! It is not the happiest book, but I cna't put it down- and it is a quick read, whick is good as classes start up again Sat!!
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This book was just average. It was a fairly easy read, and I liked it, but I was very disappointed with the way it ended. The ending ruined the rest of the book for me.
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A fun read when you're feeling crazy for a day. The author researched mental illness and did an excellent job portraying the topic through her character.
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The story is OK but the writing is not exceptional. It is clear she is a journalist masquerading as a novelist.
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Read in September, 2007
I've read this before. It's called Girl, Interrupted. I couldn't get past the first fifty pages.
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