Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

22 reviews

heather_harrison's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Addictive and twisty. Some events were a bit predictable but there were still enough that threw me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Stalking, and Death of parent

rsagarin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

jerseygirl_reads'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Incest

Freida's books can be hit or miss for me and I thought this was going to more of a miss until I got to the last 130 pages!!! I got whiplash from all the twists and turns!! The epilogue had me screaming irl!

ehamlett's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent

ramblingreader65's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was really great until the ending. There were twists, there was suspense but like other Freida McFadden books I've read the ending seems really far fetched. It was too contrived. 

<Spoiler> I would have loved to see Tim be the bad guy. It would have been more of a redemption story for Shane to have been the good guy.

Also, a kid as a killer? Nah!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Murder

gknott's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Narrator/protagonist has the craziest case of Dumb Bitch Disease that I have read in a while. Lots of predictable twists but the last one got me. 3 stars but extra 0.5 star for the fact that I was so invested that I basically finished the book in one sitting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Alcohol

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsmishler's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

It was entertaining, but I couldn’t get past the fact that she would not have been able to work there. I used to work in jails and no way would she have been allowed to work there after a background check. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Car accident

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy twists Batman!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol