Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

10 reviews

abanana101's review

emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Almost DNF’d the book 60% through because it was stressing me out so much lol. I’m an avid thriller reader but I hate the “everyone is framing me to seem like I’m crazy” trope. It had good twists but definitely stressed me out more than I liked. Ending also seemed a little rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

meaghankmc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

I love books with a lot of plot twists and this one delivered! Some things were predictable and others weren’t. I found it easy to root for Abby and Sam.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Infidelity

tierraskye's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

k8lynn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

one of the most unpredictable plot twists i've ever read! and the ending is a bit ominous, which i loved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This one was fine. It had the solid McFadden twisties.  I think I just didn't really like the characters all that much haha so I was having a hard time connecting to them. But this is a pretty quick read. I did get real riled when Abby was getting all ganged up on though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Blood

rsagarin's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ellaticonstellation's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I truly enjoyed this story. It's my first book from Freida and I'll read more. I love the concept and the mind games. It's twisted and dark though there are parts that I'm not happy about; overall, I liked this a lot. Thank you, Freida✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

sam_emerson6's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

a_coop's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use and Stalking

madilikestoread's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infidelity