Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sessiz Hasta by Alex Michaelides

859 reviews

mhopp521's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment

jimjamreads3's review against another edition

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i just do not care about this man and his divorce

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use

behleh's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Murder

danpoopy's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious 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

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There is a twist that is very twisty. Book of a lot of crazy people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma

Minor: Confinement

why would he say it had to be a murder when everyone already thought it was a suicide... implicating himself

sanyamspam's review against another edition

3.75

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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol

vaporvox's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Alex Michaelides' The Silent Patient definitely has the qualities of being a modern classic. It's everywhere you look as a reader - book stores, online shops, libraries, thrift shops, you name it. Wherever you look, you're bound to find a copy of this novel. The novel itself is a very sad and mysterious story that compels you with a somewhat-relatable protagonist and keeps you drawn in as the mystery of what happened to Alicia (and why she won't speak) hits several twists and turns and new sources. The big twist at the end is what really does it for me. Up until the chapter where it occurs, I never would have expected the novel to take the direction it took. I was absolutely floored by the end result. The way it weaves the twist into the story helps the novel perfectly transition from murder mystery to psychological thriller. The only thing about the novel that I wasn't a fan of was how some of the characters are written - the narrator included. For being a psychotherapist, the narrator really makes some genuinely stupid choices that frustrate more than compel me to keep reading. Otherwise, the novel has a great twist and knows how to pull you in for a mind-blowing mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

Forced inst.: Alicia is kept in a psychiatric ward against her will for most of the novel; Gaslighting:

In the big twist, it turns out that the main character has been gaslighting Alicia this entire time by trying to help her and playing off that he was the individual who caused her issues.

; Infidelity: The main character's wife regularly cheats on him with another man, which he finds out through an open webchat; Mental illness: Alicia is in a psych ward due to having unpredictable, violent tendencies and the refusal to speak; Suicide attempt: Alicia has tried to commit suicide multiple times in the past; Toxic relationship: Several characters have toxic relationships within the boundaries of their relationships and friendships. Death/Murder: The main cause of the novel's plotline is a murder. Domestic abuse: Max Berenson is assumed to threaten and beat his wife; Drug Use: The main character regularly uses marijuana for his problems. Alicia is kept heavily drugged all the time by staff to reduce her violent tendencies.

Near the end of the novel, Alicia is drugged to the point of overdose on morphine, to the point where her respiratory system gives up and they have to induce a coma.

; Gun violence: Gabriel (Alicia's husband) is shot by her 5 times near the beginning of the story; Injury/injury detail: Alicia at one point claws at the main characters face and arms. Alicia also tries to claw the eye out of another psychiatric patient for ruining her new painting; Sexual content: Alicia writes in her journal about making love to Gabriel multiple times. The main character speaks about his wife in much the same way. The main character catches his wife sleeping with another man in a bush outdoors, fairly graphic description; Sexual assault: It is assumed that Max Berenson tried to force himself upon Alicia at least once; Stalking: The main character stalks his wife and/or her affair regularly; Vomit: The main character vomits when he finds out his wife is cheating on him.

ohheyitscharo's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

eggfartz's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

maadddisssoon's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I would have given it 5 stars but the ending was the worsttt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol

what_is_much's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Okay to preface, this is not a genre I ever read! I can’t remember the last dark mystery, thriller (?) book I’ve read. So that could be a huge part in why I didn’t like it. Another reason could be that I listened to it all on audiobook and this is the first audiobook I’ve completed. I will say though that I don’t know if I would’ve finished the book if it hadn’t been audible, and if I had finished it, there probably would’ve been a lot of wait time between each time I picked it up.

Overall, I’d say that the entire time I was listening I was just waiting for the big reveal. I knew there was a twist coming and I was always cataloging details to help piece it together. But the details weren’t very entertaining anyway so I felt like I was making the possibilities more grand than they ended up being. And maybe knowing there was a big twist ruined the experience, but I think I would’ve felt that something was coming anyway because what else would I have been reading the whole book for? There’s only 2 main plot points we are following and there just isn’t much else happening besides

getting the patient to talk & finding more out about Theo’s wife’s affair

. I just feel like I read/listened to soooooo much of nothing happening that by the time the reveal came, I was just sick of waiting. It didn’t matter anymore what the twist was because the rest of the book bored me. 

As for the twist

I caught on that it was Theo as the stalker and I think others probably read into it before it was actually said as well. I do think him leaving the crime scene without killing anyone was a good extra twist though. Because as you’re reading it, you start to wonder whether he did it or she did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood

Moderate: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Sexual harassment