Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

103 reviews

awkwardllama's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Infidelity, Murder, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Gore, Cursing, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Drug use, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

averyyurco's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Stalking

smithalexis035's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time! I’ve been missing out by not reading this sooner. I took off half a point because I didn’t quite understand the very last 2 sentences of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Violence

aruch's review against another edition

I really wanted to like it but there was just too much use of the “f word”.  I can deal with a word here and there throughout a book but this was too much for me personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

loudo's review

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

bessadams's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Infidelity, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Cursing

corinnelora95's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A well written thriller with plenty of twists and turns. It reads more like a movie rather than a novel, clearly a result of Alex Michaelides' study of screenwriting. 

I felt that the first part moved a bit slow, with the action picking up in parts two and three. It became difficult to put down, and once I began part four, I knew I was in for a wild ride.

What's most interesting to me is that for the first 3 parts of the book, you believe that all of the events are happening at the same time- Theo and Kathy's marriage is falling apart WHILE he's treating Alicia at The Grove. But when you begin part four, you realize that the story has been told in a non-linear fashion- that Theo is going back and forth between the past and the present to tell the story. Part five wraps the two storylines nicely together, though the ending felt just a bit rushed after all of the driving action in the preceding parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Infidelity, Death, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Self harm, and Confinement

Minor: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, and Car accident

kat_c_h's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

I really wanted to like this book. As a therapist myself I am often drawn to psychological thrillers. But this book was so hard to like. The psychologist was obsessive and came across as more of a stalker than helpful. He absolutely needed help himself. I had such a hard time staying engaged with this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Ableism, and Self harm

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

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