Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

36 reviews

jgoodman_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

For the most of the read I felt like it was written for teenagers but the plot at the end is unexecpted. Like the last page was so worth it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

kristinistic's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment

scorpiomoon133's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

melist6'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

vereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• 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, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

lebee's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

bergie99's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

This book is - in a word - ick. I would not recommend this book to anyone, honestly. The writing was cringey for about half of the book; McFadden does not know how to write in the voice of a teenager. Much of the chapters written from Addie’s perspective sounded like Junie B. Jones wrote them. 

Here’s where the spoilers are: although the author-written summary doesn’t reveal anything, this book has numerous “relationships” between high school students and grown adults (their teachers). McFadden made sure to include a couple of sentences about how it’s the adults’ faults, not the children’s. Then she goes right back to glorifying these predators. 

I would not recommend this book. At all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent

gmm1966's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

1.5

Not sure the allure of this author. Very predictable and so much ICK. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

classicallyzo's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

Predictable from the summary, but not badly written so an easy read.

The Hudson reveal at the end raises questions that didn't need to be raised - so did Eve know he was a student? Why'd she sound like she thought he had a wife/kid? Why did a high school kid have keys to a store? It also just made her ick and ruined that epilogue as it wasn't needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

teganbeesebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Aside from uncomfortable content matter (a given, with the title, but still), that final twist at the ending just doesn't work. It surprised me when I heard it, but the more I thought about it, the more it didn't make sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail