Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Ward D by Freida McFadden

34 reviews

hannnah_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

fableworm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book had me in a chokehold i couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

insideunder's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

luna_98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

very suspenseful and the twist totally got me. this is one of the few books that i was actually scared while reading so i consider that a win for a thriller lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse and Drug abuse

steepedpages's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse and Self harm

rachel_jones03's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

theycallmerash's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was very exciting, nerve wracking, and tense! Some information about the narrator makes her seem somewhat unreliable which is always a fun read in my opinion. Of course it wouldn't be Freida without a big twist (and another one at the very end that you weren't expecting!)
I did take a point away for some of the mental health portrayals and a couple stretches past the imagination. 
But otherwise this was an interesting read with lots of shocking twists!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

linaxreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

I liked this one fine, and it had the patented Frieda McFadden twists. But god damn, you would think this was written 40 years ago for how it talked about mental health! Super judgy and exclusive terms about people being crazy and unstable and like animals. It felt like McFadden had never met a mentally ill person. Folks in overnight facilities are all trying their best. No one wants to live with a brain that tortures them. Everyone is deserving of care. And I feel like if one of Amy's doctors had read this book, she would get a severe talking to about how she refers to mentally ill patients. Also, she needs to get her head out of her ass about this whole I-was-dumped-for-a-test thing. People make mistakes! They get really stressed about life-changing tests and they screw up their priorities! But don't spend the whole book

hating your ex and then suddenly feel all bad when he's dead.

McFadden has written female characters that were way easier to support than Amy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

libbijade13's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder and Injury/Injury detail