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Ward D by Freida McFadden

23 reviews

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Very entertaining and the plot twist really caught me off guard! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement

Minor: Gaslighting and Blood

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Minor: Blood, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

miilk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Stalking, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Classism

aparker89's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Need a fast paced book that I a good distraction from everyday life? This is certainly a good one for that. This author is good at writing fast paced, easy to read books that capture your attention. It's certainly not perfect and some of the "twists" are pretty predictable for any seasoned mystery reader. I appreciate that this book (although similar to another by this same author in pattern and story) takes place over the course of a single night. It makes it that much more compelling to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Abandonment

destinied's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Torture

Minor: Eating disorder

nightmare_nini's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Chronic illness, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Medical trauma, and Drug abuse

tianabooks's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

3.0

This was okay but, having read a couple Freida McFadden books now, certainly not my favourite one.

I was feeling conflicted as I was trying to piece my thoughts together as I did finish this veeery fast. However, by the end I was in a state of 'that was it?' but at the same time I don't know what I was expecting to be honest. I've been in a huge thriller mood all summer and I've always been thoroughly entertained while reading this author's books. The pace was good and I finished it quickly, but it felt just okay.

I still stand by my opinion that The Housemaid is still her best book - at least for me.  Not sure if it's being used to some wild and wacky twists by this author and feeling underwhelmed by this one. The mental health rep wasn't the best either - some of the characters felt more like caricatures than characters at times -  so this left me feeling a bit lukewarm about this overall reading experience. 

Not horrible but not a personal favourite! Might still check some of the other books, they're very bingeable in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Mental illness, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

jomjom's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Murder, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Blood, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Medical trauma, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gore

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Classism, and Alcohol

caitlyn_rehs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

jasreads__'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Summary:
Amy Brenner wants to become a doctor, unsure of what kind of doctor though. Part of being a medical student she must test out different fields for her studies. This case; she's required to be spending the night in a locked psychiatric ward: Ward D.

Normally, this would be ok but considering Amy has a friend who once stayed in Ward D she has very off feelings about being back there. But of course, she can't really express this haunting concern to anyone else. Instead she must go in and face her overnight stay..

As the hours pass Amy becomes more and more aware that something bad is happening inside the locked unit, crazed information coming from patients, staff and patients missing.. It's clear Amy and others might be in serious danger.

Thoughts:
I'm not surprised that yet again Freida McFadden has me hooked. I went into this one based off suggestions and reviews from other people, so I had some ideas on peoples thoughts but honestly... I can't put down Freida books unless I have to.

Like all the other books I've read by her, Ward D was no exception. This was an easy read, kept me interested through the whole story. The only reason I give this just under a 5 but literally soooooo close was because I just felt Amy flatlined for me at the end - I understand being in shock but I don't know it didn't feel like her? Maybe I just saw too much into that but that's just my opinion.

And when that big shock came through about Dr. Beck my jaw dropped because I was shocked and questioning how I didn't realize either?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse