Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Ward D by Freida McFadden

38 reviews

floatingbanana's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism

juliettefuji's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship

hannahyorkey's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

Moderate: Dementia

emmieb98's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

grumpyreading's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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WARD D by Freida McFadden

MY RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amy is a medical student doing her first overnight shift on a locked psychiatric ward, and she’s terrified - to say the least. When all the patients start saying the man in the seclusion room is going to kill her, and she starts seeing weird things happen, her terror increases and she has to confront her past to figure out what’s happening and survive the night. 

Freida is hit or miss for me, and I enjoyed this one! It was a quick read/listen, but I couldn’t put it down. I think this was the only book by her that actually creeped me out, and the stakes felt really high. I like the fast-paced nature of this book in that it took place within 12 hours, and was full of twists and turns. I did guess most of what was going on, but didn’t mind and it was still suspenseful and entertaining. Reading this felt the similar to reading Five Survive and Survive The Night, and I recommend it if you’re looking for a quick read to make you feel a little bit scared! 

Read this if you like: 

• hospital setting 
• high stakes suspense
• plot twists 
• dual timelines 
• unreliable characters 

Vibes: 💉👩‍⚕️🧶🏥🔐

Full review including content warnings on my StoryGraph. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

rwaataja's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Gore, Self harm, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

jesikakaley's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

faigi289's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

chelle22's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

gwenswoons's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny 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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I thought this worked well! My second Freida McFadden and I liked it more. It was definitely entertaining for a long car ride or two and had lots of twisty/twisted turns. I found some of it predictable, perhaps just from reading another of FM’s (Never Lie). For me, the specific unlikeability of the narrator, the leaps in timeframe, the specific type of creepy note on which to end, and the romantic storyline felt either a bit formulaic or very similar to the last one of hers that I read (…really, probably both), but I did feel like this one had a quicker and more engaging pace and less hemming and hawing somehow. For me these are serviceable and fun, nothing super special but reliably decent, which sometimes really hits the spot on a mind-numbing car ride, haha. I’ll probably read another at some point, though none of the details or stories will stick with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail