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A review by anhedonia_n_anomie
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nelly Bly
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
In 1887, 23 y.o. investigative journalist Bly easily gets herself committed to NYC's Women's Lunatic Asylum to report on conditions which are shockingly neglectful & cruel w/most patients not even ill
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment