Reviews

The Institution by Helen Sarah Fields

the_lawyer_librarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

bethanylou's review against another edition

1.0

DNF @ Page 296. I tried pushing but I couldn’t keep going and didn’t want to finish it for the sake of it.

I did enjoy the base of the story, but it was just too unrealistic and strange for me to get into and believe. The idea of the suspects all having their own chapters throughout was clever.

I just thought it was super long and a lot of “filler” was used that didn’t help the story go along very well. Maybe that’s just me though!

evielittlestone's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

bookshelfinchaos's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

kaygee_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Blood, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault

dandyxo's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

claired1982's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

yanaderartu's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

eva_meijers's review against another edition

4.5

Erg goed boek en heel erg spannend! Wilde constant verder luisteren. 
De gedeeltes over de baby vond ik erg zielig en moeilijk om naar te luisteren. 
Soms irriteerde mij de stem van de hoofdpersonage, overdreven Amerikaans accent. 
Tot het einde geen idee wie de dader kon zijn. 

tufriel's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

Nothing happened in the first ⅔ of the book, the last ⅓ should have been an exciting action sequence but meandered so much, was so dragged out and bogged down by endless thoughts and conversation.