Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Lieg nooit by Freida McFadden

77 reviews

caitlinastrid's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail

dreama4's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an intense read. At certain points, I put it down because it gave me a couple of nightmares from reading right before going to sleep. The plot twist accelerated how quickly I wanted to finish, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent

styxmermaid's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Fun read!

I really thought I knew what the plot twist was going to be, but I guess I didn't.

A psychological study demonstrated that cheating or breaking rules results in an unexpectedly good mood afterward. As well as a brief sense of freedom from all rules. So perhaps we should all bend the rules sometimes.

I believe that any human being is capable of terrible things if you could you push them hard enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Murder

the_perpetual_isolationist's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

simplystef's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a quick and fun read. I didn’t see the twist coming even though I was trying to think of what it could be. The ending was a little ridiculous which is why I’m doing 4 stars, but overall I enjoyed this book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

maereadsall's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking

emmanuellef's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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After “The Housemaid”, “Never Lie”. I gave it a couple of chances, but the axe fell: Freida McFadden is not for me.

I rather enjoyed the first part; I was expecting a straightforward thriller with a bit of subtlety. Halfway through, I realize that this is probably not going to be the case. Well, I managed to be surprised by the ending, which was even more distressing than I'd expected!

Goodbye Freida!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gwenswoons's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense 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: Yes

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Thought this was ok! Just a regular thriller, some reasonable twists but nothing too exciting for me. I think it could have used an edit — felt a little slow and repetitive for the content and pacing of it all. I would probably try another by Freida McFadden, since it was an easy audiobook for me, but not jumping to the next one by any means.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Classism

snblackmore93's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol

l1ghtbulb's review against another edition

fast-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

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This is genuinely the worst book I've ever read. I listened to it with my Brother and Sister in law in the car because my SIL had read good reviews. Then we'd committed, so we had to finish it. Horrendous, unrealistic (to an insane degree) writing. Unbelievable characters. Nonsensical story. Terrible representation of mentally ill people and no research at all into psychiatry. 
It read like it could have been written by A.I and the only reason I don't think it was is because it was published in 2022.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment