Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Ward D by Freida McFadden

43 reviews

yasaman's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-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: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rsagarin's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sydneyfriend's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug use

doodlebeanz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I saw someone else make a comment about this book centering around how mentally ill people are dangerous and scary and that is definitely true in thsi book. The way Freida wrote this book, it really highlighted that stigma, but I think that was the purpose.

Considering the main character herself obviously suffers from delusions/hallucinations/mental health issues yet she lives in denial about them, she *would* view others with similar problems as scary. She doesn't want to be like them even though she is.

The book was good overall, but if that negative skew of mental health is upsetting to you, then don't read it. The last few chapters,

where Amy deals with Damon and Jade

, were so *yawn* to me. The dialogue was immature and not Fredia's best, I must say. But the very very last chapter made up for it! If the chapters with

the confrontation with the 3/4 characters

didn't happen, then I would've called this a solid 4-4.5!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

haileymundell's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Blood, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction

niamhrowanch's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sarah_amy's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

This is my third Frieda McFadden book after The Housemaid books. It is comparatively not as shocking and twisted, but still very suspenseful and mysterious. Couldn't wait to find where it was going and what was true!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

I can’t tell if the audiobook reader is what makes me feel like some of the book is cringy, but I also think the narrator is just stupid. I know that the plot of this book makes her second guess herself, and I even thought it was an unreliable narrator trope because of what had been done to her. But in the end, it was completely different than what I thought. Overall I still enjoyed the book, but I would have rather read the paper copy so the audiobook voice didn’t ruin it. Freida McFadden always uses her so in the future I think I’ll just read her books in paper or ebook form 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

miilk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol, and Classism

killmoore_'s review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Ward D is fun. 

Throw out all of your anger about how unrealistic the medical ward setting is (we get it) and let yourself enjoy this slightly cheesy, b-movie vibe, absolutely ridiculous plotline. 

Despite having figured out the big twist about 30% in, I live for a good unreliable narrator story, and this had me second guessing our MC every step of the way. Amy is terrible, and by the end I was almost rooting for her to die.

HOWEVER. The end had me cackling. I had been so angry with how they "wrapped up" the little girl plot point that I was thrilled to have a little extra.

Despite its faults, this was a fun, fast paced read that I couldn't put down. We love Frieda.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship