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zavia_v's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Because the book is so short, it was definitely a page turner because I knew I could finish it quickly and the concept is really engaging. However, there really wasn't a twist. The end was predictable and didn't provide much surprise or relief. I did enjoy it though, not bad, not great.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Child death, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Incest, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence
the_harlequin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Animal death
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Gore
coco78337's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Incest
czoltak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide
zabrinagw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault and Gore
saartjeinwonderbookland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Rape, Torture, and Violence
stories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, and Self harm
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide
Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit
books_marika's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
the_escapist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Rape
Minor: Pedophilia and Incest
madarauchiha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Oh boy. I can't tell if it reflect poorly on me or the author when I recognized this book as pretty much reddit nosleep form levels of quality. And you know what? The author confirms that it is basically a cleaned up copy of something posted to the nosleep form.
"Finally, thank you to every Reddit user who up-voted this story when it made its debut in December of 2015. Without you, The Patient would never have been finished. Without you, it would not be where it is today. Without you, I would be a different man. From the bottom of my heart, thank you."
It was... ok. It was creepy, it was competent, there was in fact some levels of horror. Albeit gross out gore horror. It could use some polish, theres something interesting here. but otherwise, it's unexceptional.
The psychiatric institutions sure is accurate on how fucking incompetent the entire mental illness industry is. The psychiatry parts, as others mentioned, are incredibly weak and inaccurate. The book makes a game of how far you can suspend any disbelief or maintain any good humor towards the plot. The parts about paranoid schizophrenia and DID [dissociative identity disorder] are ableist, evil, and cruel to be portrayed like this. It genuinely undermined the entire story.
I don't care to read anything else by this author after reading this.
content warnings:
minor gun violence, suicide, police brutality,
animal hunting
medium child abuse, self harm, antisemitism, slurs, injuries, bone fractures, child death, incest, csa, pedophilia, rape, sexual violence, suicide, self harm, sharps,
major psychiatric institutions, ableism, ableism towards paranoid schizophrenia, blood, unsanitary, domestic abuse, child abuse, torture, medium animal cruelty, animal death, gore, blood, incest, csa, pedophilia, ableism towards DID, mental illness
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Suicide