Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Die stumme Patientin by Alex Michaelides

127 reviews

_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Mental illness

Moderate: Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

pineapplesunshine's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

I am disappointed that this book isn’t worth the hype surrounding it. How the male author writes in first person as a woman is very off-putting to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Confinement, Abandonment, Ableism, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent, Addiction, and Alcohol

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

dark 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: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Stalking, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm and Sexual assault

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Damndamndamn this was intense. Will be reading this again. Definitely one that you want to read/listen to closely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Infidelity, Murder, Bullying, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

ophealian's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Very intriguing at the onset, but it the intrigue quickly wears off and the story is propelled along by Gone Girl-esque diary entries from Alicia and asynchronous storytelling from Theo's perspective. It's a good read for those who really like flawed, unreliable narrators, but the twist is less of a twist by the end and more of a "well, we FINALLY got there" kind of feeling. 

And I think the book could've been shorted by perhaps a hundred pages or so. Watching Theo's descent into a YOU kind of stalker is interesting, but if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook version and just letting it kind of play in the back, I'm not sure I would've actively picked up this book again and again to finish it. 

Overall a fairly entertaining read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Self harm, and Blood

helenferg's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

sassyshark'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Ableism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Gore, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

h0lyfool's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

what a fantastic book. i couldn‘t put it down!!!! i had several moments where i was like „okay, i know where this is going“ but NO it‘s like i was given a hint that was immediately disproven, then another, another and another
just read it, damn it. 
loved the greek influence, as well

I caught a snowflake. I watched it disappear, vanish from my fingertip. I smiled. And I went to catch another one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Child abuse, and Abandonment

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Stalking, Self harm, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

nataliekeith's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this story! It was definitely fast-paced and interesting. I especially liked how this novel brought in some Greek tragedy and art. It wasn’t quite a favourite for me for a few reasons. First, I couldn’t quite wrap my head around the setting. I couldn’t place the time period and The Grove just felt very dull. It didn’t add to the novel in anyway. The second reason I didn’t love it has to do with how it ended. 

there is a huge plot twist at the end which reveals a lot about Theo! Everything was well explained and connected enough but I wasn’t fully convinced that Theo was capable of destroying Alicia like that. He didn’t totally strike me as that type of obsessive psychopath, he just seemed like a slightly creepier than average guy. I guess the point of a plot twist is not to see it coming but this one just wasn’t convincing enough.

 
Overall, I would recommend The Silent Patient to anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers or anyone looking for a fast paced read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Suicide, and Murder