Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Patient by Jasper DeWitt

43 reviews

emilypage99's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

zavia_v's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

3⭐️
Because the book is so short, it was definitely a page turner because I knew I could finish it quickly and the concept is really engaging. However, there really wasn't a twist. The end was predictable and didn't provide much surprise or relief. I did enjoy it though, not bad, not great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Child death, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Incest, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence

the_harlequin's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Gore

shadoz's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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? N/A

2.0

This book had immense potential. And then it absolutely shit the bed. I hated the ending found it quite ridiculous actually. Loved it so much up until the last few chapters. Beyond disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Rape, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

melllephant's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Blood, Medical content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Torture, Bullying, Animal death, and Chronic illness

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexism, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Cursing

coco78337's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Incest

ggcd1981's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Em uma série de postagens on-line, Parker H., um jovem psiquiatra, narra o relato angustiante de seu tempo trabalhando em um decrepito hospital psiquiátrico em New England. Através de um fórum de mensagens na Internet, Parker espera comunicar ao mundo o seu esforço para curar um paciente desconcertante. O jovem médico em seu primeiro dia no hospital ficou sabendo sobre o caso mais difícil e profundamente perigoso da instalação: um homem de quarenta anos que foi originalmente internado no hospital aos seis anos. Este paciente não tem diagnóstico conhecido. Seus sintomas parecem evoluir com o tempo. Cada pessoa que tentou tratá-lo foi levada à loucura ou ao suicídio. Desesperados e com medo, os diretores do hospital mantêm-no estritamente confinado e permitem um contato mínimo com o pessoal para sua própria segurança, convencidos de que libertá-lo desencadearia uma catástrofe no mundo exterior. Parker, brilhante e confiante demais, decide descobrir o que aflige esse paciente misterioso e finalmente curá-lo. Mas a partir do seu primeiro encontro com o paciente misterioso, as coisas fogem ao controle e, ele se vê diante de uma possibilidade além de sua imaginação. 

The patient é um livro que gostei bastante. Ele é atmosférico e misterioso com o cenário tenso de um asilo decrepito.

Houveram poucos pontos baixos no livro, como por exemplo quando Parker começa a se comunicar com o paciente misterioso e este se mostra um homem coerente e inteligente. Nessa parte o paciente tenta com sucesso convencer o jovem doutor, e o leitor, de que seu caso é uma conspiração para que o hospital se mantenha ganhando o dinheiro por sua internação e seus pais, por sua vez, se vejam livre da vergonha que ele é. Nessa parte achei que a trama tinha assumido uma natureza humana e mundana e meu interesse diminuiu em consequência. Felizmente isso foi apenas um truque do paciente e descobre-se que ele era algo que não era humano e a verdadeira criança que foi originalmente atendida no hospital estava a muito tempo morta e sepultada na parede do quarto na casa de seus pais ricos. The Patient foi um livro que me deu o tipo de terror que realmente considero interessante. Algo inumano que não pode ser explicado ou convencido, não tem senso moral e não pode ser completamente destruído. O final foi sinistro com a descoberta do corpo do garoto, com o confronto entre Parker e o “paciente”, com a descoberta de que este último era na verdade uma criatura que se alimentava do medo e angustia do hospital há décadas e com a resultante fuga dessa criatura para o mundo exterior. Foi uma conclusão interessante a ideia de que aquele mal inexplicável estava solto no mundo e os posts do médico no fórum eram uma espécie de aviso ao que poderia existir por aí no mundo.

O clima do livro foi muito bom, a história muito interessante e me manteve intrigada até o fim. Dou 4.75 estrelas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Medical content, Grief, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Child abuse

outsmartyourshelf's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

A short but definitely not sweet book, The Patient follows newly qualified psychologist, Parker, who has taken a job working at a mental hospital in New England. The book is written in the form of blog posts detailing Parker's contact with a patient named 'Joe'. Joe is a forty-one-year-old man who has been at the hospital since he was a young boy. Few people have any contact with him & he seems to be incurable, but Parker thinks he may be able to get through to him.

As the book is so short, it was difficult to get to know or really care about Parker & some of his decisions were strange. Parker's naiveite & youthful enthusiasm lead him astray & disaster is only narrowly averted initially. I can't imagine being that gullible to be honest. The writing style was okay but I think a slightly longer book may have fleshed out the characters more & given the reader more time to actually connect with the main character. It was a gripping read but can't say I actually enjoyed reading it due to some of the subject matter (trigger warnings below). 2.5 stars (rounded down).

TWs: suicide, sexual assault, animal cruelty/death, coarse language. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ecandrews0's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness