In It's Kind of a Funny Story, most critics agreed that the book is believable and seems real. It is mostly based on the author, Ned Vizzini's, own experience in an adult psychiatric hospital. Jennifer Brabander, an author in The Horn Book Magazine, stated, " A bulk of this novel (which is based in part on Vizzini's own experience) remains believable."[8] Ned Vizzini also agreed with this statement when James Dick Blasingame interviewed him. Vizzini stated, "It's Kind of a Funny Story was based on my real life and is 85% true."[9] Vizzini stated in his interview, "I put Craig in adult psychiatric because I actually went into adult psychiatric in November 2004."[9] Brabander also agreed when she wrote, "Vizzini spent 5 days himself in a psychiatric hospital, which inspired him to write this book."[8]
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