Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

8 reviews

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

destinynichole11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

frankiet1998's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

Plot was a bit too predictable. But the reveals at the end were interesting. This was my second book by McFadden and have to say I liked Never Lie a lot more. The plot twists were better.

Brooke seemed very naive and the name calling part at the school was stupid.

But I liked this interesting combination of romance and thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

victoriasutherland's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

ky001113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Pregnancy

aimzthereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Freida McFadden writes great psychological thrillers with many twists and it keeps you guessing the whole way through. I enjoy her plots and the premise of her books. Typically I don't connect with the characters and that's fine with me. There were times in this book that I got SUPER annoyed with some of the decisions that the main character made so which knocked it to a 3.75/4 star instead of a 4.5 star. I liked the different clues that were put out there along the way and that she writes great psychological thrillers without having a red herring that made no sense. 

I will continue to read her. books because they are fun, quick smart thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Kidnapping