Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Pacjentka by Alex Michaelides

19 reviews

pronounthief's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

naomi_salters's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

macysvibe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.75

i did not really like the ending but i did enjoy reading the book the ending just felt rushed i thought i was really going to like the book but idk i need some time to reflect on it

reflecting and watching some reviews on this book just makes me understand why i love reading it but hated the ending the process of reading it was fun and fast but the ending was too rushed like the parts just didn’t make sense how he knew where the gun was how he did this to alica but it was actually all the past including his wife cheating idk it doesn’t add up especially with all the people you learn about for no reason

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

💬: “Perhaps some of us are simply born evil, and despite our best efforts we remain that way.”

― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

📖Genres: mystery, thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, mystery thriller, psychological thriller

📚Page Count: 336

🎧Audiobook Length: 08h 44min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3.5/5 
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is a psychological thriller about a woman who shoots her husband and then she becomes silent, refusing to talk to anyone. Alicia Berenson is a famous painter and she's married to a photographer, Gabriel. One night when Gabriel came home late, there was an altercation and he was then shot 5 times in the face. Criminal psychologist Theo Faber is determined to figure out the mystery to Alicia's story, he starts seeing her in sessions so he can unravel the mystery. 

The story took too long to get exciting, I didn't care about any of the characters or the storyline until about 55% of the way through. I found myself not really caring about any of the characters until I was a little over halfway through the book. Things felt very slow and they didn't feel really thrillers like until halfway through the book. I didn't DNF this book because I was reading it so I could discuss it with a friend, if I had read it on my own I might have DNFed it for taking so long to get interesting.

That ending was really good! I was trying to figure the mystery out before the story told me and I could only figure one part of the mystery out. I was so surprised by the time I got to the end, I had to rewind the audiobook a bit so I could make sure I heard what I heard. That was such a good ending, I'm disappointed that the majority of the book was lackluster. 

Overall, the novel was okay. I think it could have had more thriller like elements in the beginning of the story. The ending of the book was definitely a surprise, I didn't guess it at all! I'm giving this 3.5 out of 5 stars. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [LibbyApp.com]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book, more than I thought I would! Gave me Agatha Christie vibes sort of. 4.5 Stars would recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

siennaflynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

megan_wy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Such an intense and extremely thought provoking book! I was really wanting to read a good psychological thriller book, and I heard many good things about this one. The chapters are short, so it was perfect for me, as I often struggle with holding my attention for a long time if a chapter is boring. I love the author’s writing style, and I loved getting to see both Theo and Alicia’s perspectives. I knew there was a “twist” in this book, but no matter how many predictions and guesses I had, I would have never thought  it was going to go that way! I started becoming suspicious when Theo was following Kathy and watching a house. I was noticing how both Alicia and Theo’s stories were overlapping. However, I didn’t ever think the way he led Alicia to kill Gabriel would be like that. It was just a total mind f*ck moment! I felt for both Alicia and Theo by the end of the book. More so for Alicia though, considering that Theo just got to live his life after and not suffer like Alicia did. My only thoughts left would probably be, did Alicia ever have any mental health issues, or were they all constructed and manipulated by Gabriel and not wanting to get caught in his affair? It was noted that Dr. West treated her in the past for similar issues. I think he was just covering for Gabriel and his affair, sadly. Poor Alicia 💔

Overall, an outstanding book! It’s perfect for readers that love short chapters and also want to get into psychological thriller genre books. I will be thinking about this one for a while…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

caitlyn_rehs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ashley_keefe_kay's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I hate the main character so much unfortunately.
The author is primarily a screenwriter and that is very apparent in this book. It reads like it wants to be a script for a movie rather than reading like a book. And I didn't like the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sanahook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment