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Bezig met laden... The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girlsdoor Emilie Autumn
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a tricky one to review. There's a good book hidden in here between forty pages of trash on either side. Seriously--if you can get past the absolutely obnoxious present-day hysterics setup in the first 40 pages, there's an intriguingly sad and gothic story about an asylum and the strange, supernaturally-tinged sisterhood it engenders woven all through the rest of this book. The problem is you have to wade through a self-absorbed tumblresque tale of a modern day mental hospital to get to it, and then have to wade back out to get to a twist ending that really doesn't add anything to the story because it's impossible to care about the self-absorbed prevaricating main character who narrates the modern day portions of this book. There's all sorts of secret codes and links throughout the book leading to the author's songs, matched thematically to chapters--she's quite a good musician, if an uneven writer, and it adds a really entertaining ambiance to the book if you can be bothered to figure out all the puzzles seeded through each chapter. It's fun but it's not enough to make me interested in the supposedly "autobiographical" parts of the book or to make me stop wishing for more of the eerie, depressing story of the historical asylum. The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls is Emilie Autumn's semi-autobiographical account of being in a mental institution paired with a fictional parallel story of Emily in Victorian England who is forced into a torturous mental asylum. This pairs well with many of her songs that openly criticize the mental health industry and speak of her personal experiences with bipolar disorder and its treatment. I highly recommend her music, which is a unique fusion of classical music and industrial metal. The modern part of this story exposes the hypocricy, inefficiency, and inhumanity of the current mental health industry. Emilie admitted to being suicidal to her therapist who then refused to further prescribe her bipolar medication until she voluntarily commits herself to an institution even though she is no longer suicidal. So she goes to institution that strips away any privacy, labels her as having an eating disorder, and forcing her to take numerous drugs without concern for her physical or mental health. She's treated as a malicious invalid and diagnosed completely ignoring any answers she actually gives. It's a frustrating, dehumanizing experience. The other half of the story is with Emily during Victorian England where she is sold to a prestigious school by her poor family to develop her musical talent for free. Nothing suspicious about that. When she gets older, she finds it's a glorified prostitution ring and fights against her captors only to land in the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls. It's even worse than every other place she's been with extreme abuse and experimentation. This part of the story was a little too over the top and fantastical for my taste especially compared to the other story. All of the characters are pretty black and white, only in extremes of good and evil. The horror elements are surprisingly well done. As a whole, the novel is enjoyable, but the modern half is a bit better than the Victorian half. I honestly don't think I've ever rated a book so low, if it was possible to give zero stars and still provide a review I would. That being said, I am ANGRY at how infuriated this book has me, as well as how much of a disappointment this book was. 1. IT IS A BLOODY VIDEO GAME FOR YOUR KINDLE!! Not even a good one at that. 2. The story, if you can get past the game and allow yourself to read it is terribly offensive and triggering to those who suffer from depression, mental illness, suicidal ideation, self harm, and a myriad of other things. 3. The story is actually awful. The characters are poorly written and you can tell the author goes for shock value rather than quality and consistency. The overall theme/plot line of the book had me going in hoping for another awesome read. I'll admit that I love books set in asylums, and that I was hooked from the plot teaser I read on Amazon. I ACTUALLY REQUESTED A $3 REFUND OF MY KINDLE PURCHASE! Which I honestly didn't know you could do. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Treated as a criminal,heavily medicated,and stripped of all freedoms,Emilie is denied communication with the outside world,and falls prey to the unwelcome attentions of Dr.Sharp,head of the hospital's psychiatry department.As Dr.Sharp grows more predatory by the day,Emilie begins a secret diary to document that could surely drive anyone mad.But when Emilie opens her notebook to find a desperate letter from a young woman imprisoned within an insane asylum in Victorian England,and bearing her own name and description,a portal to another world is blasted wide open. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I read the first edition. I did want to give a second star for the design of the book, since I really like it, but that wouldn’t do justice to the story. ( )