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Ward D

Freida McFadden

Start date: September 1, 2024

Finish date: September 30, 2024

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Feb 20, 2025 Dee rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2025

2.5 "meh" stars for this one rounded up for secondary character Mary & her knitting. Freida's been pretty hit to miss for me and this one's a miss - nearly DNF'd it and never got very invested in the MC or story, it felt super predictable & for some reason it reminded me of the first "Saw" movie (IYKYK) ...more

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Oct 12, 2024 Kristine rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2023-new-releases, audio-books, fiction, mysteries-and-thrillers, horror

I have learned with a Freida McFadden book, you must suspend some belief and just go with the plot. The Housewives Series was like that, but fun, entertaining, with twists not expected.

However, this one was too much. Amy, a medical student doing her psychiatrist rotation is terrified to spend a night on the Psych Ward. Really? She comes across as kind of dippy. Can’t decide what is important enough to report? She needs to repeat to herself, that someone hearing voices might not be a reliable na ...more

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Dec 17, 2023 Shá rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2023-read

The content is touchy for some but conceivably, I'm more open-minded in finding just about any topic to be up for grabs in fiction. Here, it is specifically mental health, which can be triggering.

I thought it was suspenseful and a quick read. Predictable, yes, but not in a frustrating way. How is a psychiatric ward not the perfect setting for a thriller??

It wasn't the ending that I was expecting so that alone gives it 3+ stars.

The main issue that people will find offensive is her portrayal of ...more

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Jul 01, 2025 Robin rated it liked it

This is one of Freida's older psychological thriller books that has been on my to read list for a while now and I digress back to that I seem to like her older books better where every character didn't seem like the same unlikeable materialistic person babbling about her expensive shoes (or something just as trivial), though most of the characters in this book were not really likable and belonged locked up in ward d.

The main character, Amy, seems a little bit immature for a med student, but I d ...more

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Dec 05, 2024 Jelena rated it did not like it

1 star, but 1 million eye rolls. This was awful. Beyond unbelievable storyline, atrocious representation of mental health, just poorly written and I found myself just not caring about any of the characters. The twists were meh at best. Just a big no for me.

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Sep 07, 2024 April rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned-books-kindle

I enjoyed this quick read of a book BUT I must say that mental illness could have been represented alot better. Good twists that surprised me, I would recommend this book.

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