Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

57 reviews

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

fi_nikki's review

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Torture, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

latashman's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Suicide attempt, and Gun violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Ableism

saskiahill's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, Car accident, Stalking, Murder, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Torture, and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Rape

zephyrscape's review

dark medium-paced

3.0

This book read to me like someone with only a passing understanding of therapy and mental illness sat down to write a story centered around both of those topics. I don't think the intention was for Theo to come across as an incompetent therapist overall, but he really, really did, like he'd received no training at all. In almost every conversation that he has, he's telling others what to think and putting words in their mouths (he even mentions that he's diagnosed someone on the basis of one informal conversation). Likewise, the depiction of mental illness and the effect of childhood trauma came across as very simplistic. I could kind of enjoy the story if I put those things aside, and the writing style wasn't jarring or anything, but the depiction of mental illness just left a very artificial taste in my mouth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse and Fatphobia

bri__'s review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I've been in a reading slump for over 5 months now so this mind boggling and fast paced book helped to get me out of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Infidelity

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Blood, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Torture

valmai's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

anthos_'s review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, and Cursing

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

ann_the_imp's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia

addyruth17's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Stalking, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Sexual harassment