Avevo buone aspettative per questo romanzo. Avevo sentito parlare bene di McGrath, del suo stile e delle sue storie. E questa storia sembrava promettere bene, almeno a giudicare dalla quarta di copertina e, perchè no, dal primo centinaio di pagine. Purtroppo l'impressione era destinata a mutare molto presto. Follia è un libro perturbante così come l’amore e le emozioni provate da Stella. La psiche dei personaggi è complessa, e trovo che nonostante sia difficile immedesimarsi ed empatizzare con loro, sia comunque possibile capirli, comprendere cos’hanno fatto e soprattutto perché lo hanno fatto. Preso dalla foga di voler creare un'eroina romantica, McGrath prende Stella e la trasforma in un coacervo di assurdi pensieri, che di follia hanno ben poco. La protagonista assoluta del romanzo è di una inconsistenza spaventosa: non c'è alcun filo logico nel suo sviluppo narrativo, e non c'è un filo logico nel suo ritratto psicologico. Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close A psychiatrist's unhappy wife falls for an artist, institutionalized in a mental hospital for a gruesome murder. It goes without saying this will not end well.

La sua identificazione con Edgar diventava ogni giorno più profonda. Mi disse che stava assumendo consapevolmente tutti i suoi gusti, le sue idee, i suoi sentimenti. Asylums: Essays on the Condition of the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates is a 1961 collection of four essays by the sociologist Erving Goffman. Doc Peter works in an asylum for the criminally insane which happens to be within walking distance of the home of their newly hired superintendent, his beautiful but bored housewife Stella and their young son Charlie. When an inmate named Edgar is hired on to do some work on their grounds Stella gets all hot and bothered by his sweltering looks and big brawny chest and begins to romanticize his criminal history. She starts to believe he only murdered his ex love because he loved her so very deeply. Awwww, isn't that the sweetest? So I assumed bad things were going to happen and was looking forward to an emotionally disturbing read about a dumb housewife and a hunky headcase but I was so bored I could barely get through it. Dan has a lot of baggage from years in the foster-care system. Do you know any foster kids? What issues are they dealing with? How did they end up in the system? Dan's interest in history and psychiatry drives his research into the asylum's past. Intensely vivid descriptions and photographs bring home the full horror of what used to happen to unfortunate patients.

Quando l’ho afferrato dallo scaffale della biblioteca non mi sono accorta che era fra le proposte di lettura del mese, e un piccolo foglietto sbucava dalla prima pagina, con l’indicazione “Piccola farmacia letteraria”: The book is enjoyable for teens. It does have some heavy subjects so parents should look up trigger warning. It's certainly written for a younger crowd, though older teens may find the chartacters a bit childish (children prefer to read about character older than them). If you have a preteen, you should certainly consider their level of maturity etc. It is a good read for spooky season. The books feature a written story accompanied by photographs that the series' characters uncover during the course of the story. Hey Madeleine, I met you today at the book store in Beliot. You were amazing to meet and I became am super excited to read your book. Well, I just noticed that we have the same exact birthday except a just a few years apart. I hope we can talk again soon because it would be really nice to see you again in the future. Accompagnare Stella in questo viaggio, fa sentire i capelli spettinati, l’alito gelido della notte sul collo e l’acutezza vivida di stelle che riempiono un cielo estivo pulsante, attonito, pieno di promesse malate.

I studied psychology, I’ve been a social worker for the past 10 years. I know what grooming looks like, and Stella was being groomed by Edgar. He was emotionally abusive, and then later physically abusive. This was a relationship characterised by violence, and Stella was the victim. However, at times she is treated like she is responsible for Edgar’s actions. At one time the protagonist even asks why Stella didn’t see it and just leave? Seriously?! This review is going to be long enough, so I won’t go into the specifics around family violence… Avrei voluto sentire la febbre forse... una febbre che viene raccontata magistralmente (questo è innegabile) ma che sulla pelle non si sente davvero.Tuttavia mi affascinano molto le storie di questo tipo, che scavano nell'anima del malato mentale, camminando lungo il sentiero della follia. Questa storia è raccontata dallo psicanalista di Sara, che si è infatuata di un uomo pericolosissimo e la cui mente pian piano va alla deriva in questa sua malata storia d'amore. Follia, follia, follia sono diventata folle io qua? Non dico che non mi sia piaciuto, alla fine credo di averlo letto anche mentre dormivo ed ho bruciato pure le melanzane, ma niente....Stella mi è stata sulle balle quasi da subito e pure la voce narrante di Peter, viscida ed egocentrica, era bravo solo lui praticamente.

The book comprises four free-standing essays On the Characteristics of Total Institutions, The Moral Career of the Mental Patient, The Underlife of a Public Institution and The Medical Model and Mental Hospitalization. Dan spends a lot of time Googling. Much mention of mass-market products, mostly for atmosphere and character definition, e.g. Diet Coke, Little Debbies. Also references to media icons from Oprah to The Hunger Games and The X-Files. Jordan: A guy Abby and Dan's age who Abby meets on the ride to campus. He's described as having "broody hair and broody face and cool, broody clothes". [4]What do you know about psychiatric treatment today, especially for kids and teens? Do you know any families who sent their kid away to a treatment facility? How did it turn out? Doesn't bother me to know where a book's going. This one just didn't go to a place I was interested in. It all wraps up in perfect late 1940's film style (though it's set in 1959) and is a good book. It's just not a great book. This story is a warning: the mind can make bad plays when entering an underworld where nothing is what it seems and is experienced with it. There will always be consequences ... And they will not be pleasant at all Synopsis [ edit ] Asylum (2013) [ edit ] Ligotti is known more for telling Lovecraftian tales that are connected as much to dreams as they are to curious realities. McGrath is doing something altogether different.