Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

195 reviews

unboundbooklover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death, Stalking, Gore, and Gun violence

loudo'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Stalking, Self harm, Grief, Bullying, Gaslighting, Violence, Body horror, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship

jamieleeinkc's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

A twist ending but marked with fatphobia. I wished the fat phobic comments and notes weren’t as common throughout this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Murder, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Fatphobia

marimaia's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

choosing a lover is a lot like choosing a therapist. we need to ask ourselves, is this someone who will be honest with me, listen to criticism, admit making mistakes, and not promise the impossible?

me sinto meio decepcionada. comecei a ler sem saber a sinopse, e de início até que o plot era interessante, mas tem tantos furos e tantas coisas desnecessárias que acabou se tornando muito sem graça. o plot twist acaba perdendo o impacto, ainda mais pelo personagem principal já ser alguém não confiável logo de cara. acho que talvez se fosse um filme sem os personagens desnecessários poderia ser uma historia boa e que merecesse reconhecimento. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Infidelity, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Self harm, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Physical abuse

naialana's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

bishopbox's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Overall, I thought it was a fascinating read! I think the mystery of everything was at a satisfying pace and I like the characters! The book also explored its main theme,

the tragedy of Alcestis

, in an interesting way!
However, the book isn’t without flaws. There’s a few conflicts that I feel like led up to nothing and I really wish they fleshed out some of the side characters more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Mental illness, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

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

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

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

pernillelsk's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, Self harm, Death of parent, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident