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A Familiar Stranger by A.R. Torre

4 reviews

krissduhh's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief, Child death, and Kidnapping

kaylasbookgram's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

“I just want to start off by saying that love wasn’t what caused all this. The murder, the double life, the lies . . . None of it was triggered from a lack of me loving my husband. It was from a lack of him loving me back.”

I have fallen in love with A.R. Torre’s style of writing! I love that I’m able to dive into these books and come out shocked at the ending! That’s the kind of thrillers I live for! 

This book is an amazing thriller where you go in thinking the wife is going to kill the husband, at least that’s how I went into it. (I don’t typically read synopsis before I read the book) and come out with a completely different idea by mid way and then a huge spoiler of a jump at the end! 

If you love thrillers and love to be surprised then check out A.R. Torre’s books! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Addiction, Infidelity, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

kimveach's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I started this book on Audible, but the narrator's delivery drove me nuts.  I switched to the Kindle version, which was much better for me.  It was a decent thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism