Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

186 reviews

sareidle's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Murder, Confinement, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

_meganrose's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

soniaiscool's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

really good plot twist that had me shocked to the point of disbelief, however it did feel extremely slow at the time
An interesting perspective of psychology and psychotherapy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Alcohol, Car accident, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Infidelity, Stalking, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book genuinely surprised me which is something I’m happy about considering the book was spoiled for me awhile ago when it got popular on BookTok lmao. I was engaged the entire time I was listening and didn’t want to miss a thing bc the plot was good and kept me intrigued. One thing I want to point out is that I hateeee a cheating trope ESPECIALLY when the one getting cheated one decides to stay bc me personally, I’d sucker punch the mf that hurt me like that (but I digress.) I’m just glad that Alice ended up getting a better ending in terms of getting rid of her cheating spouse 🤭 disappointed that Theo chose to stay with that bitch Kathy at the end tho bc he even mentions at the end just how stale their life had become and she’s practically a shell of herself since Gabriel’s death even though she hasn’t outed her affair to Theo (he’s knows regardless but still). He went through all that trouble just to be unhappy with her in the end ugh. Still a good book and would def recommend to people!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Cursing, Self harm, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

anikaslibrary's review

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

As my last book of 2023, I’m surprised to say that I really struggled to get through this book. At first, I borrowed it from the library but the beginning is soooo slow and takes forever to get into. I was at Part 2 before I called it quits, returned the book and instead started listening to the audiobook so at least I could multi task just to get through it (I was determined to see it through). The middle part didn’t fair any better and was quite boring. Liked the twist at the ending because I didn’t expect it and the women’s perspective (the audiobook did a great job portraying her part),  those are the only reasons why I put it at 3.75 instead of 2.5. Read more for spoilers.

The whole book I was so annoyed. Just seemed like a therapist with a savior complex who only looked out for himself. I rated it 3.75 because it seemed like his character was meant to be written that way for a reason but I didn’t really vibe with it.  The audiobook had great narrators but still didn’t really grab my attention. I liked the way he twisted it at the end but I still feel like part 5 could’ve wrapped up in a better way and felt very rushed compared to the other parts which were dragging on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Grief, and Toxic friendship

samcsmith's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

ocean_in_a_teardrop's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I DID guess part of the twist 10 pages in (like a quarter or half of it haha), but the book and story still kept me in anticipation and kept me interested and on my toes!

i only got the "someone broke in and forced Alicia to kill Gabriel" part right— because contrary to what Theo believes, he did kind of force Alicia to kill Gabriel, even though he claims he didnt know how unstable she was. I also said that Alicia killed her husband bc she saw herself in Alcestis and related to the character in a way, and killed her husband because of that even though i got the reasoning wrong. I however did NOT see Theo being the man Alicia saw coming. My jaw dropped when he mentioned getting in through the back gate!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Infidelity, Cursing, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual assault

Minor: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

farm_lust_'s review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gun violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Suicide, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

michaelazouharis's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Sexual harassment