Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

93 reviews

jacintajeffriesss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

zafiro_o's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

mandi4886's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

nindie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One of the first extreme psychological books I have read, and this was a fascinating read!

What I Liked About The Book

The complexity of the plot and characters overall kept me invested in the book. Its inclusion of the different perspectives of the two main characters makes the book tenser as they narrate the plot points from their view of things. The characters all have flaws and likeable traits, which captures how well-done the execution of realistic people in the book is. Overall a good book for people who like books exploring stuff like this!

What I Didn't Like About The Book

Unfortunately, when reading reviews about it, I got the main plot twist spoiled, and this made the experience a bit less suspenseful and shocking. Also, despite doing some research on the book before buying it, I was still unaware of some topics it would discuss in a bit of detail which I am not comfortable reading, which made it a bit of a discomfiting reading experience at times. It didn't help that I was reading this at school, and I think one of my teachers recognised the book. One last thing is that I still had some questions unanswered for the ending, but maybe that could have been intentional.

In Conclusion

I would not recommend this to the fainthearted who cannot read/deal with any of the content warnings I have put since this book is intense surrounding its topics and themes. I found the read to be not too bad but don't repeat my mistake of doing too little research on the content warnings, as it could be an unsettling read for some of you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

leyendoentremontanias's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Absolutely addicted to this! Great plot-twist, I hadn't read one like this in a while. The narrators were fantastic, excellent work with the audiobook; highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

becca_w_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

confused_14's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

horrorhomebodies's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

The plot twist was unexpected and very intriguing, but the writing style lacked a bit for me. The overuse of similes grabbed my attention more than the actual story. The pace was pretty slow up until the last bit of the book. The story was overall pretty good, but I think it’s a little overhyped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Gaslighting

pinkpotayto's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book had me yelling at my phone at some points and speechless wanting to scream. Haha this book was a wild ass ride and it took such a hard turn i have whiplash lmao. Super good but also dark and kinda fucked up. A bit of depictions of minor torture (i suppose i'd call it that?) Check the tags first before reading, but if you're down i'd highly reccomend if you love mysteries!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

izzy_martin07's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking