Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

O Paciente by Jasper DeWitt

12 reviews

readwithbells's review against another edition

4.0

This book was fast-paced and compelling in its internet message structure, and had a mystery that was very fun to unravel even if you could see where it was going. It was also quite disturbing and left me with a very deep-seated feeling of unease. I was actually quite shaken upon finishing this book. 

I think if I thought more about the implications of the entity and the story’s ending itself, I might have some more complicated feelings about the story and its discussion of mental illness, but I think the author did his best to approach mental illness and psychiatric wards with an empathetic eye and in the end,

just because some of the kids might be actual monsters doesn’t preclude them from treatment

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Fun for what it was! Definitely unsettling, definitely creepy, certainly earns its title of horror. I went into this expecting absolutely nothing and was pleasantly surprised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Medical content, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide attempt

sneakers6772's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Rape, and Self harm

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Blood, and Murder

coffeeandnonsense's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Rape, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dotweems's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Domestic abuse

bronaghoneill96's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

thetruthatallhazards's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Self harm

ripxw's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Child death

thatbookmarkbabe's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexual assault

books_marika's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

what the fuck did i just read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt