Sankara Jayanth S’s Reviews > The Girl Who Couldn't Read > Status Update

It is kind of horrifying to think how mental illnesses were treated before we knew what we know now. I'm having to stop and take a few breathes when I come across descriptions of the methods of 'treating' the mentally ill (or presumed to be mentally ill).

One of the books I purchased knowing it is less known but the description was interesting enough for me to try it out. I seldom read books without many reviews but I'm guilty of buying many such books feeling I'd become such a reader. So here goes..... aaaaand the author seems obsessed with sweaty armpits.