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madelynowil's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Addiction
Minor: Death of parent
k8lynn's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Grief, Confinement, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders
nicolecoyle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Death, Confinement, Ableism, Blood, and Violence
Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury
paperkindle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Blood, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Dementia and Domestic abuse
mrstorms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Blood, and Confinement
grace33's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Blood
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Drug abuse
courtnetto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book centres around Amy, a medical student, who is doing a night shift on the psychiatric ward (Ward D). Except, Amy knows one of the patients that are on this ward... we meet an array of characters along the way, some of which just suddenly disappear without a trace, but why?
Amy is working with her ex-boyfriend, Cameron, which she is not at all happy about, especially after the way that he dumped her. We also meet Damon, who is believed to be in Seclusion One for being an extremely dangerous person, except not is all as it seems. We also meet Jade, which is the person that Amy knows, as this was her kindergarten best friend! Jade ends up going down a completely different path to Amy, hence why she ends up on the psychiatric ward...
We also meet Will, who is a reporter for a local newspaper and is pretending to be dealing with schizophrenia just so he can see what really goes on in the ward after hearing different people's reports of the things that go on there. Except, Jade makes Amy believe that Will is her boyfriend, is a compulsive liar and can't be trusted. But we soon find out the truth and Will is actually a very honest person and not the compulsive liar that he was made out to be.
We also get flashbacks to eight years prior to this day on the ward, where Amy reminisces about times when Jade has tried to make her do things she doesn't wish to do, to the point Amy has gone to the police about a crime that Jade has wanted to commit. Which plays a part in the reason why Jade is in the psychiatric ward.
This book is really the roller-coaster of emotions and I just couldn't put it down!!
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Drug use, Death, and Death of parent
daydaybookbay's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Reasons I couldn't give a 10 out of 10 rating is mostly how I predicted the ending. There's only so many twists you can create in a locked psychiatric unit. Also, I feel the mental illnesses are very generalized. There's a lot of diversity in reality, but the depictions here were very Hollywood-esque.
This is my first book by Freida McFadden, but it definitely won't be my last. I have heard many good things about her other novels, so I am super excited to read them in the future as well.
I love how easy it is to throw off the reader. All the characters are in a psych ward, and the main character questions her own sanity from the get-go. Every single person's credibility is demolished since Chapter 1. With no reliable character, there is a wide open playing field for the story to travel. Because of this, the storyline has no clear path, and it's easier to mislead the reader. I love it!
Jade took me by surprise multiple times. Her character was all over the place (obviously).
Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Addiction, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Violence
alis143's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Bipolar disorder doesn’t make you want to kill other people. Scizophrenia doesn’t make you want to kill people. These disorders are more harmful to the patient than the people around them. Cmon. Easy research. Totally inexcusable to write books like this in this day and age.
All in all, the way these patients are talked about gave me the ick.
Plus, the main character is just soooo unbearable. Hated her. I’m starting to see that it’s a pattern with Freida’s books. But the plot is usually so good, I keep on reading them.
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Mental illness, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content