Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Die stumme Patientin by Alex Michaelides

682 reviews

alex_25's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

please, please, PLEASE, do yourself a favor and read this book. I've heard so much about this book and about how good it was supposed to be. I was not disappointed in the slightest. I loved every fucking second I spent reading this and most likely will read it many more times in the future. best thriller I've read in  a LONG time. HIGHLY recommend you take the time to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Murder

dawndiscusses's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

myahthebookfiend's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

well, a plot twist indeed. I hate to say it, but I did guess it. as I kept reading, the idea kept growing and imagine my surprise to find out I was right. I don't think I was entirely certain of it until I read the chapter where it was revealed, but I definitely wasn't surprised when I was right. I liked the story, though. it was interesting to follow, but I don't think I'd reread it because I think knowing the twist would take away the fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, and Death of parent

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

meliacartin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

i felt a lot of the plot to be dragging but rushed? the book overall was very boring and the plot twist was super predictable. decently fast paced overall but evened out by the more monotonous bits where theo is tracking down people from alicia’s past.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

_pauline's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

I‘m a little torn bc I love the premise & the alternating perspectives with the diary + it kept me guessing - everything a good thriller needs (though it’s more about finding out what already happened than acutely tense/dangerous situations); but there were a lot of plot holes & side plots that didn’t really lead to anything:

• Max assaulting Alicia + Tanya being afraid of him
• Paul borrowing money/lying + attacking Theo bc he “thought he was a burglar“
• Gabriel not believing Alicia ab her stalker (great husband constantly gaslighting her)
• Jean-Felix acting strange 

Am I missing sth or was the sole purpose of all that to make them unlikeable so we’d suspect them? 

• Alicia being “drugged out of her mind“ after attacking Elif, yet perfectly able to talk 
• police didn’t find any evidence of Alicia having been tied to a chair, including the wounds on her ankles? it’s explicitly mentioned she was bleeding from the wire cutting into her
• her “indecipherable“ diary (paragraphs in different directions, connected by arrows, covered by drawings) - presented as a perfectly coherent story. Ig the former was supposed to depict her insanity & the latter to keep it readable - but still: could’ve been achieved differently
• where did the gun in the kitchen cabinet go? and did Theo know where the glasses were from stalking them through the window?
• why would Alicia talk to Theo out of all people?

HOWEVER a lot of that might be excused bc

the narrators being unreliable is a major plot point

; and it didn’t keep me from enjoying the story.
 

Right from the beginning, I was unsure how Theo’s 2 storylines (The Grove & Kathy) were related time-wise - whether they really took place simultaneously - as well as how they‘d tie together; + Theo being the stalker quickly became an obvious possibility - but sth always kept me guessing. I‘m just not sure if that’s a good thing or the result of loose ends

Not my favourite thriller but still good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit

lilybarna's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

you are pretty immediately immersed in the story. My only qualm is the big twists don’t come till the very end, which is good for a thriller novel but I have to remind myself the build up will be worth it (it REALLY is worth it though!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Murder

junkiejo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Oh my goodness, this one will leave me thinking for a while. I was deceived. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Infidelity

I’m not giving out spoilers. Just know it does have some content that some may need a trigger warning for. Ultimately a good book, definitely had educational aspects as well as mystery.