Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

A Paciente Silenciosa by Alex Michaelides

274 reviews

hellelujahs's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

theycallmerash's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was riveting! Very well written, had me guessing multiple times, and has a very good ending. This was hard to put down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Stalking

Minor: Self harm, Medical content

anastashamarie's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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⭐ 5/5

✒️ Well I flew through this one and finished it in just around 24 hours, which is a rare feat for me while I'm living the doc candidate life. My experience of this book was inextricably connected to my background as a counselor-educator and supervisor so I just want to give a few unique notes from that perspective. (Though before I start, I do feel obligated to say that this is not a book about "good" therapy by any means and should not be seen as a representation of the therapeutic experience. This story is to proper therapy as dark romance is to appropriate relationships. Which is to say fiction is fictional; caution advised.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

Inappropriate therapeutic boundaries

miggyfool's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

artemis_thehufflepuff's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent

stormibabyy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

soswiin's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious 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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most insane, nausea-inducing twist ever. had to throw the book away from me because i almost felt guilty for its events. fell right into michaelides's trap

of thinking that a. the narrator was reliable, b. that he genuinely wanted to help and that no abuse of power would possibly take place

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body horror, Stalking, Gaslighting

rustyray's review against another edition

4.75

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this story. I listened to an interview from the author- who has professional experience in a psych ward- really put a lot of attention into the pacing and details. 

 maybe I'm a sucker, but I found myself

hearing the obvious red herrings but kept reading for the plot and was ultimately twisted HARD by the ending. How well done the balance of switching time periods, but hints of different weather ( present forecast of snow, but the past stalking in thick underbrush) and others were just brilliant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ergedogan's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

dannee_13's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis