Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Ward D by Freida McFadden

103 reviews

swimmer120x's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

I kept wondering in this book why the staff wasn’t doing

15 minute safety checks

, but it all made sense in the end. I caught on to

Ramona

pretty quickly, but

Dr. Beck

threw me for a loop. 

I wasn’t expecting the plot twist at the end. It seemed a little far fetched, given the

number of murders that occurred in one night

, but still intense/good. It’s highly, highly unlikely that it would occur in real life, in a psychiatric hospital, to that degree. 

The book was enjoyable, although it did not have a realistic ending. The majority of the book, aside from the ending, was realistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Gaslighting

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

alyssams884's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

songfulape'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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Gore

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

melanielk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content

megsreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

aahrobot'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was my first Freida McFadden book and now I get it. I get the hype. I stayed up until 3AM just to finish this book. Now, I’ve never been good at figuring out twisted, but I will say I did catch on to a few things here and there. I also feel like I only caught onto them RIGHT before the main character did, so maybe I was just really invested. Anyway, I enjoyed this. It was a fast read (mostly because I couldn’t put it down) and the ending got me. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail