Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Die stumme Patientin by Alex Michaelides

181 reviews

amelia2009's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Murder

Minor: Addiction

tashydashcb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

madamenovelist's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol

There was a really irritating racist caricature of a Turkish patient. The only redeeming aspect was that she was not the only brown woman in the cast (Indira was a great character), but Elif’s one/dimensional This Lady Is Not Attractive Nor Motherly schtick was jarring and irritating. He need not have copied Agatha Christie’s flaws in addition to her best traits. That said, Alicia was extremely well written and very compelling as a tragic heroine, and she is why I give 2.75 stars instead of simply 2. Excellent, excellent premise but frustrating execution.

leannaoakley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Good writing and an interesting premise. I figured out the twist a bit sooner than I hoped, but it still kept me on my toes! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, and Stalking

mkchickentender's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

edoering's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Death

Minor: Rape, Stalking, and Car accident

monloesco's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Liked the book overall,

the plot twist was good and the fact that the narrator was unreliable was really fun for me

Read the last 100 pages in a day 'cause I couldn't put the book down. Some things were kinda rushed imo,

I would've loved a confrontation with Kathy and Gabriel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault

aaronreadsatad's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tiffyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ellekiriel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

I often figure out plot twists early on and can put together murder mystery patterns pretty well, but I honestly didn’t expect this one! Definitely a page turner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction and Sexual content