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The Institution by Helen Sarah Fields
4.0
The Institution is set on a locked ward in a high security forensic hospital for those who have been declared criminally insane, so for obvious reasons I picked it up with trepidation. I usually spend a lot of the time reading similar stories trying to suspend disbelief while sighing ‘nope, that wouldn’t happen’ but with The Institution I was immediately hooked and needed to know what was around every corner.
Fields writing in this is absolutely razor sharp and within the first few lines there is a huge sense of tension and jeopardy. Many times throughout the audiobook I got genuine shivers and was left uneasy waiting for a resolution.
She isn’t afraid to step into the darkest minds and has an uncanny ability to write amazing fully fleshed characters brimming with the quirks that are only ever found within similar walls, staff and patients alike! The Institution itself even stood out as another malevolent entity with its own idiosyncrasies.
I picked this up without knowing it was book 2 in a series and can say I didn’t miss anything by not reading the first one, in fact I only found out it was a series while writing this review. I will definitely be picking up The Shadow Man though as I’d like to see more of the dark world of Dr Connie.
A gripping, tense rollercoaster of a read that will play on so many of your fears! The thoughts of coming to work one day and never been left back out again….nope!
Thank you to Avon Books for an advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review!
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Fields writing in this is absolutely razor sharp and within the first few lines there is a huge sense of tension and jeopardy. Many times throughout the audiobook I got genuine shivers and was left uneasy waiting for a resolution.
She isn’t afraid to step into the darkest minds and has an uncanny ability to write amazing fully fleshed characters brimming with the quirks that are only ever found within similar walls, staff and patients alike! The Institution itself even stood out as another malevolent entity with its own idiosyncrasies.
I picked this up without knowing it was book 2 in a series and can say I didn’t miss anything by not reading the first one, in fact I only found out it was a series while writing this review. I will definitely be picking up The Shadow Man though as I’d like to see more of the dark world of Dr Connie.
A gripping, tense rollercoaster of a read that will play on so many of your fears! The thoughts of coming to work one day and never been left back out again….nope!
Thank you to Avon Books for an advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review!
If you enjoyed this review come follow me on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/travelseatsreads/">@TravelsEatsReads</a> for more