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The Inmate by Freida McFadden

16 reviews

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

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

bookwormabby54's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, and Alcohol

lindavs22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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

assesgrass's review against another edition

3.5

okay so this is my 4th book that i’ve read by freida and i think this was the cheesiest by far. there were some parts that i kind of just guessed and was right but there was still a ton of mystery. 

i felt like there was wayyy too much happening at the end like it was all plot and then at the end it throws a million things at you which i guess is okay. 

it was really weird there’s one scene where brooke and shane are in the home and josh is coming home and he rings the doorbell??? at his own house?? kind of weird tbh. also i didn’t like how tim was lying a lot he made it seem like he didn’t know kelli at all when the police arrived which we know is a lie.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Child death