Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

17 reviews

meg1241's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I couldn't stop listening. The twists at the end had me questioning everything I thought was true!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Classism

girl_on_a_beach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

aahrobot's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The entire time I was listening I thought, “Oh it’s clearly this person.” But then, right towards the end, it wasn’t. But then at the actual end, it was. The Red Herring was a nice change of pace from all the other Frieda books I have read so far. Not bad; again, I found some of the characters annoying, but I at least liked Victoria. Good, easy read with a nice twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

spocksgotfeelings's review against another edition

the most heinous crime was the writing of this book. i regret reading it. thematic assertions included:
-crazy people are dangerous and want to hurt you no matter how much medication you sedate them with
-you should not believe women claiming to be abused by theor husbands, especially if the husband is nice to you
-fat people are ugly and being fat is an indicator of a character flaw, and is disrespectful to your romantic partner. 
worst read of the year. sorry to be blunt. I usually don't even write whole reviews but this book actually dealt me psychic damage to read and I feel the need to warn people away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tierraskye's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ericanoll11's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

rockyc5's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Fun! Frieda McFadden's books aren't the most original, but they are a good time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

iman23ahmed's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really don't know what to say about this book I have  mixed feelings about it. In the first half I was so invested in but then it became very disturbing ( although it's normal for this kind of books).The wife was very stupid  and annoying her husband was a walking red flag and he made me very angry I hated him very much and sylvia was very dumb at the end  as why didn't she want to go to the hospital. I wanted to know how it ended but at the same time it was hard to read . I can't say there was a big twist at the end as it was  predictable  but I was relieved when I finished it . Overall I liked it but I have read better books  by Freida.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage