A review by nuuamuikkunen
Ward D by Freida McFadden

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

The premise is interesting and I like the plit twists in Freida’s books, but this book is just filled with stigmatizing depictions of mental illnesses and just plain wrong, that I cannot in good conscience give it a good review.

Bipolar disorder doesn’t make you want to kill other people. Scizophrenia doesn’t make you want to kill people. These disorders are more harmful to the patient than the people around them. Cmon. Easy research. Totally inexcusable to write books like this in this day and age.

All in all, the way these patients are talked about gave me the ick.

Plus, the main character is just soooo unbearable. Hated her. I’m starting to see that it’s a pattern with Freida’s books. But the plot is usually so good, I keep on reading them.
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