Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

620 reviews

macysvibe's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

i did not really like the ending but i did enjoy reading the book the ending just felt rushed i thought i was really going to like the book but idk i need some time to reflect on it

reflecting and watching some reviews on this book just makes me understand why i love reading it but hated the ending the process of reading it was fun and fast but the ending was too rushed like the parts just didn’t make sense how he knew where the gun was how he did this to alica but it was actually all the past including his wife cheating idk it doesn’t add up especially with all the people you learn about for no reason

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, and Sexual assault

replovernights's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Death, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Medical content, and Mental illness

meganeliz_1214's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death

lucykae's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Stalking, Infidelity, Car accident, Gun violence, and Death of parent

tellingmyselfastory's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

1.5

I did not like this book. I found the main character to have a really annoying savior complex. I also think the twist at the end was predictable and unsatisfying

I only finished this book because I wanted to see him get caught. I think the only thing the book does well is how he is found out. He is so full of his own hubris. His focus on trying to control the women in his life was also really weird and offputting to me.

For a book called the silent patient we spend so much time with the psychiatrist. Anyway I don't like him and I don't like the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Mental illness, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

💬: “Perhaps some of us are simply born evil, and despite our best efforts we remain that way.”

― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

📖Genres: mystery, thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, mystery thriller, psychological thriller

📚Page Count: 336

🎧Audiobook Length: 08h 44min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3.5/5 
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is a psychological thriller about a woman who shoots her husband and then she becomes silent, refusing to talk to anyone. Alicia Berenson is a famous painter and she's married to a photographer, Gabriel. One night when Gabriel came home late, there was an altercation and he was then shot 5 times in the face. Criminal psychologist Theo Faber is determined to figure out the mystery to Alicia's story, he starts seeing her in sessions so he can unravel the mystery. 

The story took too long to get exciting, I didn't care about any of the characters or the storyline until about 55% of the way through. I found myself not really caring about any of the characters until I was a little over halfway through the book. Things felt very slow and they didn't feel really thrillers like until halfway through the book. I didn't DNF this book because I was reading it so I could discuss it with a friend, if I had read it on my own I might have DNFed it for taking so long to get interesting.

That ending was really good! I was trying to figure the mystery out before the story told me and I could only figure one part of the mystery out. I was so surprised by the time I got to the end, I had to rewind the audiobook a bit so I could make sure I heard what I heard. That was such a good ending, I'm disappointed that the majority of the book was lackluster. 

Overall, the novel was okay. I think it could have had more thriller like elements in the beginning of the story. The ending of the book was definitely a surprise, I didn't guess it at all! I'm giving this 3.5 out of 5 stars. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️ - 3.5/5  Stars

I listened to this for free on [LibbyApp.com]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

coobugz's review

mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Murder, Death, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Self harm, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Stalking, Blood, and Car accident

mae_dexter_author's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This was one wild ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting and Stalking

kingjk2002'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 ending literally had me gagged

everyone on ig said they were shocked by the ending and when he got the job to work with Alicia I jokingly compared it to a movie I saw about the lawyer with Keanu Reeve actually being the one to commit the crime not his client who was like the son of the woman he was having an affair with and is partially why he killed him because he didnt want to be found out... AND THEN I WAS RIGHT AND IT WAS THE THERAPIST LIKE I KNEW SOME OF THOSE SCENES WERE TOO SIMILAR

I do think like it's not 5 Stars because like so many loose ends

like I feel like it can be chalked up to Oh he was only focused and obsessed on what she knew about him and absolving his guilt but like he made such a fuss about like the art collecter being obsessed with her art and the cousin who borrowed money and the shitty aunt and like even called out the BIL for assaulting her and then said ahh the pieces are in place take the bait but like then what how would that have played into his plan and what he needed why was that important idk it felt like filler but with no substance because it would seem to be character interactions but we never see her with any of them post murder so they feel unimportant to the current storyline

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide and Sexual assault

gabby3314's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, and Murder