Reviews

The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan

julie_anson's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

erafal's review

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

bill_lundeen's review against another edition

Very good book, would recommend

kungtofu's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

lgerike's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

macattack86's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

ersj96's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

carmenghia's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

aquaboi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

hannahpings's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical trauma, Drug use, Police brutality, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Classism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Confinement, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, War, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness