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The Inmate by Freida McFadden

42 reviews

cassidy_rain's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

“I close my eyes and I can still see his ruggedly handsome face. His eyes looking into mine. I love you, Brooke. That was what he said to me just a few hours before he tried to kill me. And that’s not even the worst thing he did.”

The Inmate follows Brooke who is a nurse. She’s recently taken a new nursing job at a local prison. The kicker is that one of the inmate’s she’ll now have to treat is her childhood sweetheart, and he’s in prison because of her testimony. 

I loved the premise of this one. I overall had a good time with it, but did find the writing and character’s dialogue a bit lacking. This was very much written in a “tell not show” manner and I felt like a lot was repetitive. The main character Brooke is a little insufferable. She was constantly putting herself in compromising situations. 😫 Final reveal was a bit far fetched but for a quick thriller it was good! Ending leaves it open for a possible sequel 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, and Death of parent

lenavejar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, and Death of parent

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

This is another good one by Freida McFadden, with lots of twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chess4's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, and Classism

michaela_nelly's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

shelgold's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Gripping, tense, & mysterious. Nothing is as it seems, I was on the edge of my seat until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping

kaylasbookgram's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Brooke was told not to get close to the inmates at her new job as nurse practitioner at a prison but what her new boss doesn’t know is one of the prisoners are there because of her. 

This book was so amazing! Just when I thought I knew who the bad guy was a huge twist would happen and it’s change! So crazy! I didn’t know what story to believe or what was the true story! And I loved every second of it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

book_reader_lover's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy Crap on a Cracker!  Unbelievably good book.  Freida McFadden is such a good psychological thriller writer.  There were some hints in this one that were great red herrings.  How she came up with those twists, I will never know.  I read this book in half a day.  So good!  Not much else I can say because I don't want to give anything away.  If you like psychological thrillers, I highly recommend you read this book.  Heck read all her books!  They have been good the ones I read.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

#carlislepubliclibrary #lonokecountylibrarysystem #freidamcfadden #theinmate 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Bullying and Stalking

stephybooks_007's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Stalking and Abortion