Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

131 reviews

readingwithtrey's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

3.0

I went back and forth between 2 and 3 stars. Let me start by saying that I really enjoyed The Silent Patient. It was, in my opinion, an excellent debut novel. I had such high hopes for this one but it was just not it.

The story is pretty fast paced which I like, and it started off so promising. Mariana wasn’t my favorite, but eventually I got used to her. The part that really bugged me is that the culprit was given away pretty early on and I was like “what the? That can’t be right.” It seemed so odd to make the culprit so obvious so early in the story. I kept reading to see how everything went down and not only was I right in my assumption, but the way the story ended was completely pulled out of thin air. The ending was insane in a bad way and super rushed. 

I will definitely be reading more of his books, but this one just really fell flat for me. I settled on 3 stars because it was a page turner, and I don’t regret reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

feebles640's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

gravesandyearning's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia and Blood

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Child abuse, Misogyny, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Suicide attempt

igroswell's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought the book was great. I thought The Silent Patient was better, it was amazing in my opinion. But, this book was also very good. I never found myself bored, and I was very intrigued the entire time. I never saw the plot twist coming, I think Alex does a good job at keeping the twists concealed until you completely stumble upon them. Mostly, I enjoy his writing style. His short chapters and interesting dialogue are what make his books so enjoyable to me, it helps my ADHD brain keep focused when the chapters aren’t a mile long. I definitely look forward to any books Alex writes in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Violence, Blood, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

aharper's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

let_therebebooks's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.0

⭐️⭐️/5 

“It’s important to keep looking ahead. You mustn’t forever look back, over your shoulder. Think about the future.”

Y’all this book was WEIRD, and not in the good way. In the creepy, inappropriate way.

This book was slow at first and then it picked up in the middle, which doesn’t surprise me because I felt the same exact way with his previous novel, The Silent Patient. I will say, however, that it was clever how he connected the two books in a very minor and subtle way. Gold star for creativity! 

There were so many times I put this down and found 793 other things to do besides read it because I was bored. But I HAD to know how it ended and I was disappointed. 

I honestly don’t think I liked a single character. At. All. They all sucked. Also, it annoyed me that all these men suddenly are flocking to our main character. I always felt like there were characters introduced who didn’t need to be, and were kind of pointless. I did like the Greek mythology theme though, the author did a great job with that and it wasn’t too overwhelming. 

So many people RAVED about this book and loved it, so I was intrigued. Unfortunately, this being my second novel of his, I don’t think Alex Michaelides is the author for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

lmshearer's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I love a fast-paced mystery. Not quite as complex a story as The Silent Patient but still fun to read. I also enjoyed

seeing Theo from TSP show up, cementing these novels in the same universe

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, and Grief

layla_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

i did like this but why does mariana have zero reaction to anything 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Incest, Pedophilia, Gore, Infidelity, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

graveyardreads's review

dark 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? It's complicated

1.5

300 pages of filler only for the book to climax and end in the last 20. The ending of this book left me feeling disgusted and betrayed by the author. Setting was cool, dark academia vibes and stuff but again the ending just really pissed me off. Also, Marianna, the main character is literally the most dumb, daft and clueless character I’ve read. This author truly had no idea how to write a woman dealing with creepy men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence