Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

25 reviews

meg1241's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The ending twist was a huge surprise, but the plot is a little hard to stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

ghi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

andreiasp29's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.25

Simplesmente fantástico, mais um grande livro de Freida Mcfadden, começam me a escacear palavras para descrever os livros desta autora. Fico a aguardar as próximas traduções para português desta autora.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Blood

ivykennerauthor's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility and Grief

fory0ursake'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Grief, and Stalking

zumen24's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Let’s just say it was plot twist after plot twist towards the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Blood

booksofautumn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

k8lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i might need to reread this knowing the ending, because some things just aren't adding up. 

but i did thoroughly enjoy this book, despite the ethics & morals involved. 

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR BEING BURIED ALIVE!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Wow. Just wow. I am glad I picked up this twisty thriller. The ending literally had my mouth hanging open in surprise. Just when I thought I couldn’t be more shocked, I was. This book is a must read!

Trigger Warning: Grooming, pedophilia, abuse of authority and power, extramarital affairs/cheating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

thelibraryofanolive's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment