Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Ward D by Freida McFadden

83 reviews

michelleub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Was this a Great Book? Nah. It was okey. Like nothing extraordinary. It was kind of hard to get into but it is fast paced so it was a nice easy read. Easy Peasy to go through

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder

meganholman0911's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow! 

I am shook!

The twists and turns in this book are insane! You honestly don’t know who to trust!

The dual timelines work perfectly and disguise the truth so well. You start to feel certain ways towards characters and then everything you thought you knew and predicted gets turned upside down.

The more the story develops the more connected you feel towards Amy and want her to get out alive.

Freida McFadden is definitely a must read author for me now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sariereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, and Murder

madsgav_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Addiction, Murder, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

_meganrose's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

3.5 stars. Was slow for the first 70%, especially considering pretty much the entire main storyline takes place in a span of a single night shift. However, the multiple plot twists at the end really got me! Overall, it’s a pretty good thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Blood, Mental illness, and Violence

yasaman's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Terminal illness, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Violence, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

rsagarin's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Blood, Mental illness, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Classism, Death, and Toxic friendship

nicolle12423's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Addiction, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

greatestheights's review

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? It's complicated

1.0

I should have known that this would be ableist garbage, but I read it anyway. I'm increasingly convinced no thriller authors are able to write about mental illness accurately or sensitively, even ones with medical backgrounds (although in my experience, most doctors are shitty about mental illness anyway). Exhausting. Gross. Boring. I can't believe this was published in 2023.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

theredheadprotagonist's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis