Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Die stumme Patientin by Alex Michaelides

139 reviews

ridhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Fun fast ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Abandonment

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, and Stalking

bharxhav's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I have mixed feelings about this book.

I enjoyed this story very much: the characters are very interesting and complex, the narrative is very well built, it makes us want to keep reading. Around the middle of the book it kinda ruins the storyline, everything is a mess and everyone is a suspect (even people who make zero sense to the plot). We were supposed to like Theo till the end, right? To make more of an impact? But the way he keeps making everything about him kinda made me start to hate him... maybe that was on purpose. Who knows? And it is such a shame because I think that the way this book is written is really clever, constantly jumping from telling things in the first person to telling events like we are just being expectators... brilliant!

I believe that this way of writing would be great for a movie or tv show but it doesn't work as well for a book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

syds's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Confinement and Infidelity

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

4.25

Easy to read, short chapters with an gripping storyline and intriguing plot. You can try and guess the ending, but the twisted ending makes you think twice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

kyl_aaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

ajoyn1201's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Murder

harpy_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book grabbed and held on to my attention, which made it easy to finish quickly. I enjoyed the majority of the book and the many twists and turns that are woven in throughout the entire story. I may read it again in the future, but I'll definitely be recommending it to others who like these types of books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence