Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

195 reviews

kccool12255's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was FANTASTIC. It does take a little bit to get started, but the second it did, I was hooked until the end. This book is AMAZINGLY crafted, the ending is...oh my gosh, I'm still reeling from it. This is just an about perfect book. 5 stars. Absolutely incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Blood, Addiction, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

latelygrace's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence

sillylexi's review

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book has been something I’ve been wanting to read for a while now and I’m so glad I did. Once I started, I found it hard to put down, and I found myself thinking about the book and its plot even when I was preoccupied with other things.

The characters in this story are never 2D; there is always something real about them, something that they’re hiding. In a novel where it seems hard to trust anyone from the perspective of the protagonist, you grow to trust in his judgement and believe what he is saying at face value. After all, why would the narrator lie? What exactly does he have to hide?

The use of the unreliable narrator in this story was perfect. Nobody is truly all good or all bad in this novel, and I found that very realistic. I also like how it incorporated psychology into the storyline, as the protagonist is a psychiatrist and works in a mental health institution. As someone who is fascinated by psychology, I was able to pick up on a lot of what he was saying.

I adore how the story isn’t linear. The way that the story is told through the perspective of Theo and diary entries from Alicia makes it seem like the storyline is somewhat straightforward: Theo’s perspective in the present and Alicia’s perspective in the past, but in reality, it twists and turns and overlaps. The plot twist suddenly made everything make a lot more sense, and it was perfectly executed. However, I did somewhat see a twist coming, as Theo acted quite strangely throughout the novel at times and made me think something sinister was approaching. However, I will commend the book for twisting the plot in a way that I didn’t expect at all. When I read the twist, I seriously had to put down the book and think for a few minutes to myself to absorb everything I had just learned.

I’ve never quite read anything quite like this book, and I enjoyed every moment of it. This was the perfect psychological thriller novel that I was looking for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

analea_lucille's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

dollwon's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Car accident, Violence, Stalking, Self harm, Blood, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Gore, Abandonment, Suicide, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, and Addiction

kaylab_'s review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

megsreadsbooks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WOW 😱😱😱
I’ve never found myself audibly shouting at a book before - I mean sure I’ve internally screamed on frequent occasion but I was concerned my neighbours would knock to see why I was screaming at 2am 🤣
Every page brought new ideas and new twists, I was hooked from the first page! 
Michaelides shares just enough information to keep you thoroughly engaged without sharing too much as to help you figure it out ! 
I was sure on multiple occasions that I’d solved it, I’d figured it out, I knew how it was going to end. BUT NEVER did I expect it to finish how it did! OH MY GOD! 24hrs later and it is literally ALL I can think about, I haven’t been able to start my next book (which is a long time highly anticipated read) because I literally can’t stop freaking out I’ve the way this book ended! 
I felt so many emotions while reading this book, I feel like I need therapy 🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Stalking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Death, and Confinement

tinyflame4's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Death of parent

kamja's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship

ynkm's review

dark mysterious tense 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder