Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

76 reviews

aaronreadsatad's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Gun violence, Infidelity, Alcohol, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

yasaman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Addiction, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

maroar's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and Misogyny

emmakay's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Infidelity

Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence

men1e's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Murder, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Medical trauma

mhenderson93's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Predictable and seemingly lazy resolution

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

fi_nikki's review

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Torture, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

emcl7weenie's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I read this in two days and am now writing this review at 12:53am because I needed to finish it. Fast read. Short chapters, simple, straight forward writing. Great characters showing both their flaws and strengths. Explores a lot of emotion, topics of nature vs nurture, and had me in a hold with how information was presented. Not an outright spoiler - Only flaw to me were some character interactions that didn't really seem to have any other point besides making the reader slightly suspicious. Felt unnecessary. But overall enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Infidelity

racheymaye's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This was one of thebmost interesting books I've read in a while. With the descriptions, I had an easy time picturing the characters going through the events, and feeling their feelings, which is fitting for this book and it's perspective and psychotherapeutic angle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Car accident, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Infidelity, and Death

melanieripple's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I had such high hopes, but this was SUCH a letdown. I spent the whole book saying “a therapist would never do that” or “that’s NOT what would happen”. I liked the short chapters, but the first 80% of the book was boring and slow. And, there’s really not that much depth in the characters or side plots.

ALSO: dangerous misinformation. “…it is impossible for someone who was not abused to become an abuser.” Simply and objectively FALSE. Such a problematic line, and so dangerous to believe or claim.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Self harm