Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Die stumme Patientin by Alex Michaelides

97 reviews

christinewonder's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

alianeselvis'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

the twist, holy shit

This book is so good! If you ignore the obvious patient/client violations, this story is so well written. I loved it from start to finish, completely dedicated an entire afternoon to reading this book from start to finish! I'm so so glad I read this, 0.25 stars off simply for the unrealistic patient/client relationship and privileges that would seriously never fly irl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

gisele_r's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Very slow until the final quarter of the book but a brilliant ending 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

forbiddenclues's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

The story stated off strong in the beginning, and it really slowed down in the middle. The last few chapters felt rushed as the plot was revealed at the end. I liked how the author writes it as a detective mystery, but there are high volumes of misogyny throughout the book. As Mental Health professional, it was interesting reading about the character's pscyhe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

stephenleininger's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

priyankachatterjee09's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense fast-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

I never have been more shocked ever! The writing was normal, the progression was normal, the plot was normal, but the characters and the ending were unbelievably different.

I can be a good mystery solver and the endings are mostly the same as one of my theories. I had almost 20 30 different theories but not a single one came alive. This was extremely well concluded. 

Psychologically, I agreed, we are all broken!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

bookwormloverofbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Murder, and Abandonment

margz25's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

I think I was unknowingly spoiled for this book years ago and had internalized the twist, even though I knew nothing else about the story, which made this pretty disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chicitytyty's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.75

A quick and enjoyable read that has me looking up more thrillers set in psych hospitals. This is my first and the opportunities presented with the unease one can feel with portrayals of mental illness and psychopathy make me think there are more. 

Book felt meandering with many a side character brought up and not fully fleshed out. People for the sake of suspects. Had 50 pages left and didn’t feel like anything was wrapping up. 

But then it did in a spectacular twist that, though not earth shattering, was executed so well that it is worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment