Asylum by Patrick McGrath

Asylum

Patrick McGrath

250 pages • first pub 1996 (view editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
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In the summer of 1959 Stella Raphael joins her psychiatrist husband, Max, at his new posting--a maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. Beautiful and headstrong, Stella soon falls under the spell of Edgar Stark, a brilliant and magnet...

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Community Reviews

3.68
based on 2,064 reviews

Moods

dark: 92%

tense: 66%

sad: 49%

mysterious: 47%

reflective: 42%

emotional: 40%

challenging: 17%

adventurous: 4%

informative: 3%

Pace

18% of readers chose fast
48% of readers chose medium
33% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
36% of readers chose A mix
57% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

31% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

4% of readers chose Yes
30% of readers chose Complicated
63% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

28% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
58% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

91% of readers chose Yes
4% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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