Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

43 reviews

alizee_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved it, and she's slowly becoming one of my favorite authors. I love how her books are thrillers and tense and you feel like it's gonna end badly but the ending is always super satisfying and disturbing. This book gave me so many theories to think about and I was on the edge of my sit the entire time. Truly a gem

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

juliaarcisz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

irelandcook's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Fairly predictable, but a good fast weekend read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

jazlynenns's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

2.75

The main character is incredibly gullible and trusts anyone who validates her to be around her son. She doubts and gaslights herself throughout the book and completely misses very big hints that things aren’t right. The ending was odd and Josh’s epilogue was the only part that surprised me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking, Car accident, and Pregnancy

sweetteaandfiction's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I didn’t see the twist in this one, and it had me screaming. There isn’t much I can praise or criticize without giving stuff away. 

I can say this ended up being a five star read for me DESPITE the FMC. She is almost willfully naive. 

Frieda McFadden has me hooked. 

❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ out of five sociopaths with oedipus complexes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

jennaslaney_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

riminipowell's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

alyssams884's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is another good one by Freida McFadden, with lots of twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chess4's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, and Classism