Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

48 reviews

nik_payne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death and Death of parent

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

becks444's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Murder

taylorp98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

sharlapeggy'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved it. I have yet to read a McFadden that doesn’t surprise me. I am still shook. How did I not see it coming?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

niya_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I honestly don’t know how I feel part of me feels like I was being gaslit the entire time, even though I knew what was going on, especially towards the end. They were definitely trying harder to make us believe it was this one specific person just to have it flipped on its head, so yeah I would say it’s an OK read nothing spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident

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

paperkindle's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

When those two plot twists hit 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Medical content

Minor: Stalking

crazybooklady89's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

I’m giving this one 4 stars even, and it would have been much less but the very very end came as a little surprise. There were several times through this one where I was so annoyed by the FMC. Like… how many times can you ignore red flags before I should consider you to be a red flag? Ugh!! But also, the fact that the author was able to elicit that type of frustration from me shows her skill. I do plan on reading more from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

alis143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail