Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

8 reviews

kitten_nuisance's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

2.5

Thought it would go a little further with twists.  The less expected one is reused in another Freida McFadden book!  I think more could have been done with the concept, but it was an easy read that kept me entertained.

Heavy caution for anyone in the adoption trifecta, TTC, or with heavily stigmatized mental health conditions.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

kn711's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

vk124's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.75

This book was a bit like The Goose Girl meets Single White Female. It was a bit slow-paced for me. I did complete the book because I wanted to see how convoluted the scheming got.

I also could never quite get how complacent Abby was as she was being edged out in subtle ways, or how Sam was quite so oblivious. I felt sad for Denise and the strained relationship that could have been better. I didn't love the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

jwel5327's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide attempt

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

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

clairemer's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy