Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Lieg nooit by Freida McFadden

77 reviews

kalefactory's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

debbiemc18's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious 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: Yes

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Good read.  Can get confusing going back and forth at times but still very good.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

illusen's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious 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

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I don't usually go for thrillers, but the secluded nature of this book made it easier for me to compartmentalize it. Overall, I recommend this book, even though there were a few distracting plot holes. I can't really say much more without giving it away other than I recommend the audiobook. Most of the dialogue is inner character monologue, which makes an audible voice helpful while reading.

 If you're willing to suspend your disbelief for this book, I would give it a try. 

~~~Spoiler Time~~~

The biggest plot hole that got me was Adrienne getting so upset about EJ filming her slash someone's tires. I would be more concerned that EJ was following me. I don't think a video of you damaging someone's property would "end your career". She's a woman of means: she could have hired a lawyer and a publicist and she would have been fine. If my psychiatrist slashed someone's tires and apologized for it, I don't think it would be as big of a deal as the book made it out to be. Was it a bad thing to do? Absolutely, but not life ruining. She would maybe get hit with a misdemeanor, especially if it was only one tire and cost less than $500.

I was trying to guess the ending by thinking Ethan was just EJ (the same first initial I think), so the twist really got to me. I think it was cool that he was somewhat involved because her mother was a former patient, so no one was really blameless in this situation (other than Luke, I guess). This book was an amazing exploration in "what if the bad guys actually win?" I loved the concept. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying

fableworm's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense 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: Complicated

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Freida McFadden’s other books have set such a high standard for me that this one fell kinda flat 😟 it was enjoyable as a story and the twist was okay but it wasn’t giving the same thriller energy as her other books. i still recommend reading it ofc but its more of a dark story than a thriller imo 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

hmetwade's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

meg1241's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The ending really bothered me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

just_mrs_w's review against another edition

2.25

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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 of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Stalking, Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence

myamwalker's review against another edition

1.75

dark mysterious fast-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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It was fine. I was inclined to turn the pages and see the ending, which wasn't actually that exciting. none of the characters were that interesting to me. i don't feel very strongly about this book in either direction, it was just okay. won't be recommending it to my friends!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Mental illness, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment

madsgrace_'s review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

kimblah's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Tricia & her new husband, Ethan, get trapped in this big (kinda spooky) house overnight when a blizzard makes it impossible to get back to their own home. Tricia doesn’t want to buy this house, it’s weird & it gives her the creeps & they soon figure out it was Dr. Adrienne Hale’s house. They’re pretty sure that lady is dead. What if she’s haunting the house? 

Ethan doesn’t believe in that kind of stuff, he really wants the house. Tricia attempts to make the most of the time they’re snowed in there & when she finds Dr. Hale’s secret room of all her tape-recorded therapy sessions, she can’t help herself. She listens to some of them. 

As things unfold it gets a little creepy. There are coincidences, but like.. this is a Frieda book we are talking about here so I don’t trust it. I love the way she wrote Adrienne’s POV, & even Tricia’s character grew on me. 

Anyways, it was real good. Kept me on my toes & I enjoyed reading it a lot. You should give it a go if you like Freida & haven’t read this one yet!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Confinement, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis