Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

123 reviews

unicorndesiles's review against another edition

2.5

dark informative mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent

2hannon's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bruh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

eve_kadou's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

kteliza28's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

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Wow okay I could not get enough of this book. I listened to it on audio and breezed through it. At first I will admit that I thought I had everything figured out and I knew exactly where the story was going but I literally felt my stomach drop when the truth was revealed. Either I’m an idiot or the storytelling was just that good. I was completely thrown for a loop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming

roxlazzeri's review against another edition

3.75

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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

kananineko's review against another edition

2.0

emotional mysterious reflective 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: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

matcha_cat's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol

abibliophobic_nerd's review against another edition

2.25

dark 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

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Car accident

kittybee's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thissagreads's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious 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

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This book is popular for a reason! At times I did feel like the pace was moving a bit slower than I’d like, but all in all it was a good binge-audio listen! The narrators are unreliable

PARTICULARLY Theo

so there were lots of unpredictable plot twists. Highly recommend this crime-mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence