Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Die stumme Patientin by Alex Michaelides

290 reviews

daybreakreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

caitlinromanelli's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

1.75

The problem with boasting about a book's Shocking Twist from the get-go is that you put your reader on guard for it, and it distracts from the picking up clues organically. This is especially annoying when the writing is only mediocre, so picking up upon the clues is not as logical and satisfying as it is a better-written work. (AND if you don't pick up on what the author is putting down because you haven't been primed to, the book's structure doesn't make a lot of sense - see my friend's DNF review stating how he didn't understand why the psychologist was the man focus given the title and the blurb, and how that made him put it down).

Also, I have a psychology degree and a personal hatred of Freud and heavily Freudian-psychology. This would probably not bother most people (Farber fits with the pop culture ideas of a psychologist) but it bothers me. His internal monologues are annoying. 

Alicia and her art, and how she relates her art to her traumas, are the best things about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicide, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

-Specifically a graphic eye injury -Takes place in a psychiatric ward for violent women

caitlyn_rehs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kathrynok's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

dannee_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

racheymaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

This was one of thebmost interesting books I've read in a while. With the descriptions, I had an easy time picturing the characters going through the events, and feeling their feelings, which is fitting for this book and it's perspective and psychotherapeutic angle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenlee2158's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

ches2496's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

The book started off kind of slow, but then I got hooked trying to figure out what was going to happen. I thought I was going to be smart and figure out the plot twist, but it totally got me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

paigereitz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting