Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

7 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

alis143's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

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

teganberryyy's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

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

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