Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Pacjentka by Alex Michaelides

23 reviews

peyviz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

Holy wild ride. This book took a little while to catch my attention in the beginning, but it did eventually and things got crazy. typically i can see a twist coming or at least consider the idea before it happens, idk if i was just off my game but i did NOT see this one coming. if you like books with one big twist, definitely give this a shot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

sapphirestorm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I usually figure out thrillers ahead of time, but this one had even me fooled- definitely worth a read. I actually said "WHAT THE F***" out loud at one point!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

riverofhorton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This book could have been so much. I have a background in Psych, and in theory this should have been something I really enjoyed.

But I just didn't. Even if we ignore the boundary breaking going on by the Psychotherapist, he still doesn't act like a Psychotherapist let alone one that had been working at Broadmoor for ~5 years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahmmichael's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Car accident

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

kayleejanes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

samcsmith's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ocean_in_a_teardrop's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I DID guess part of the twist 10 pages in (like a quarter or half of it haha), but the book and story still kept me in anticipation and kept me interested and on my toes!

i only got the "someone broke in and forced Alicia to kill Gabriel" part right— because contrary to what Theo believes, he did kind of force Alicia to kill Gabriel, even though he claims he didnt know how unstable she was. I also said that Alicia killed her husband bc she saw herself in Alcestis and related to the character in a way, and killed her husband because of that even though i got the reasoning wrong. I however did NOT see Theo being the man Alicia saw coming. My jaw dropped when he mentioned getting in through the back gate!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

anastashamarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

⭐ 5/5

✒️ Well I flew through this one and finished it in just around 24 hours, which is a rare feat for me while I'm living the doc candidate life. My experience of this book was inextricably connected to my background as a counselor-educator and supervisor so I just want to give a few unique notes from that perspective. (Though before I start, I do feel obligated to say that this is not a book about "good" therapy by any means and should not be seen as a representation of the therapeutic experience. This story is to proper therapy as dark romance is to appropriate relationships. Which is to say fiction is fictional; caution advised.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

Inappropriate therapeutic boundaries

katherinek's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol