Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

19 reviews

anton13's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

First of all I would jus like to say I love the attention to detail this has. Like the way it all connects in the end is amazing. At this point I’ve been staring at the wall for minutes just processing everything that happened. I never saw that coming and I still can’t believe it. I wanted to believe Alicia so much but so much pointed to her but wow ok- I- I’m at a loss of words. I can’t explain how amazing this book is. As things twist and turn I started to have different theories but I could’ve never gotten to the conclusion if they hadn’t just come out and said it at the end like they did. I would’ve never thought them to be who they are. I’m gonna need to take a few more minutes just to really let it sink in how good it actually is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Infidelity, Death, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Car accident, and Self harm

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Vomit, Rape, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Stalking, Alcohol, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Cursing, Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

hannahrogers's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Cursing, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

i take issue with the fact that

Alicia sees the play Alcestis about a husband condemning his wife to death, can't get it out of her head, and then like the next day it happens to her

. like, i appreciated the revelation at the end that

Gabriel effectively sacrificing Alicia for himself reignites her memory of her father wishing—aloud—that she had died instead of his wife, and causes her to snap

, and i really like tying the play into that, but i think it was done too perfectly and thus unbelievably.
the narrator reminds me of an Edgar Allan Poe character. not any in particular, just in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Abandonment, Blood, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Forced institutionalization

hilarylouise's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Violence

Moderate: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

Amazing! I’ve heard mixed reviews on this book about it being good in the beginning but getting worse as it ends but I disagree. I kept having so many thoughts on what really happened in the book, so many theories and I kept being wrong, which I liked. The book kept me on the edge of my seat, kept me second guessing any information given. I still can’t believe the twists in the end, it was honestly something I would have never guessed and I loved that. It was so easy to read, so easy to get into the mind of the narrator. Amazing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use

sara824's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

laurendenton's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

kyl_aaaaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis