Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Die stumme Patientin by Alex Michaelides

17 reviews

sarah_creel's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Mental illness, Car accident, and Death

tackysapphic's review against another edition

3.0

I. Honestly don’t know how to feel. Same with the authors other book “the maidens”. Like it was interesting enough to keep me engaged and I wanted to keep reading but something about the way this author writes women just irks me to my core. The story was good though I just wish there was a bit more at the ending there, like a resolution for Alicia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming

marabdelmageed's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

The constant perpetuation of negative stereotypes surrounding personality disorders, primarily borderline personality disorder, really took away from the book —  otherwise, this book was really quite amazing. I was quite pleasantly surprised that I could not guess the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Addiction, Body horror, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Gun violence

saumya29's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

weaverwrites's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I don't think the book did anything anything technically wrong, but it's not really to my taste. The "reveal" didn't do it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Mental illness, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Body shaming

starsnotshadows's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Stalking and Body shaming

Minor: Suicide attempt

scarlettreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

The Silent Patient follows Alicia Berenson. One evening, her husband Gabriel returns home and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk the case into a public mystery and she end's up at The Grove, a secure health unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. We then follow Theo's plans to get her to talk and solve the mystery of why she decided to murder her husband.⁣
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I did really enjoy the plot of this book, and it was such a fast paced thriller. I became to find myself engrossed in the storyline and couldn't wait to get myself to the ending to find out her motives. I had a lot of a theories running through my head while reading (some more crazy than others) and I did not expect the twist at the end.⁣
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The reason that I deducted some stars from this was because of the author's depiction of women. A lot of women were described just by their looks, be it their 'unflattering' body or plastic surgery. I found some parts to be incredibly uncomfortable to read and took a lot away from the plot. At no point in the book were the male character's described in such detail on their physical appearance. ⁣
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Even so, I really flew through this book, so I would still recommend it for those who love a good thriller! ⁣
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Mental illness, Medical content, Gun violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, and Death