Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

11 reviews

arialovegreen's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

I kept seeing this book here and there and gave it a shot. Sometimes the simplest statement is the best: It's *really* good.

I'm not usually one for inconclusive endings, and I'm usually the first to sniff out and predict a plot twist in books but the twist in this one took me very much by surprise. I gasped out loud when the major story reveal occurred, I'll admit.

I took this book down in about a couple of hours of reading. I kept finding myself wondering about the world of Theo and Alicia until I finished. The mystery, the will-they, won't-they of it all kept drawing me in until I saw the story to it's conclusion. Michaelides did an amazing job of pacing the story, and I loved the transposed inclusion of Alicia's diary as the plot progressed to reveal more to us about certain characters and their motives as the story went on. I saw in the back that Michaelides mentioned this was to make the reader more invested/caring of Alicia and it definitely worked. I found myself sympathizing with her more and more as the story went on, despite her present lack of communication. 

I could go on, but the bottom line is (haha): if you are even mildly intrigued by mystery or thriller novels, please pick this one up. It's worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Stalking, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Rape

madamenovelist's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Child abuse, Car accident, Blood, and Addiction

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Vomit, and Body horror

There was a really irritating racist caricature of a Turkish patient. The only redeeming aspect was that she was not the only brown woman in the cast (Indira was a great character), but Elif’s one/dimensional This Lady Is Not Attractive Nor Motherly schtick was jarring and irritating. He need not have copied Agatha Christie’s flaws in addition to her best traits. That said, Alicia was extremely well written and very compelling as a tragic heroine, and she is why I give 2.75 stars instead of simply 2. Excellent, excellent premise but frustrating execution.

yasaman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Addiction, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

First of all I would jus like to say I love the attention to detail this has. Like the way it all connects in the end is amazing. At this point I’ve been staring at the wall for minutes just processing everything that happened. I never saw that coming and I still can’t believe it. I wanted to believe Alicia so much but so much pointed to her but wow ok- I- I’m at a loss of words. I can’t explain how amazing this book is. As things twist and turn I started to have different theories but I could’ve never gotten to the conclusion if they hadn’t just come out and said it at the end like they did. I would’ve never thought them to be who they are. I’m gonna need to take a few more minutes just to really let it sink in how good it actually is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Infidelity, Death, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Car accident, and Self harm

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Vomit, Rape, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

hannahrogers's review

dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Child abuse

typedtruths's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Mental illness, Stalking, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Medical content, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood

momac97's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

Minor: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Car accident

leggatkat's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Infidelity, Drug use, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Ableism

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Eating disorder

kamryn_grace_'s review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I think my expectations for this book were too high. 
The twist was mildely predictable and the story could have taken many avenues that would be much darker. 
Overall, the writing was amazing and the tone was the highlight of the book. I loved how the narrator evasively showed the reader what was going to happen in a daunting manner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Stalking, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit