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Ward D by Freida McFadden

46 reviews

savijax's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, Addiction, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

c100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Blood

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

brianna97's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The ending seems a tad… ambiguous? Especially considering we got answers to everything else that was a mystery throughout the book. The twists were definitely unexpected and kept me on my toes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, and Drug abuse

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

ahager11's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

ga_bby4'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Dementia, Death of parent, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

aas's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Dementia, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Blood, Gore, Confinement, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury