Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

36 reviews

girl_on_a_beach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

wordsgirlie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

🔪 psychological thriller.
— medium-paced, stand-alone pov

“in life, things never go quite the way you want them to. but when you’re creating your own fictional world, you can make everything happen exactly how you want to.”

you know the feeling when you think you know what’s going to happen, but it turns out you are entirely wrong? that’s what i felt when i finished this book. the story follows sylvia who is hired to take care of a bestselling author’s wife, victoria, whose seemingly perfect life shatters after a tragic accident leaves her unable to communicate or care for herself. as the story goes, sylvia soon discovers that victoria’s condition may not be as it seems. 

when i read the first part, i suddenly remembered my favorite book of colleen hoover—verity. the story almost has the same concept as verity, especially the first few chapters. the plot was so interesting and it definitely got my attention right away. the fmc—sylvia—really entertained me in the most irritating way. plus, everything she does and her stupid decisions made me so mad. 

yes, the story seems predictable at first, but it wasn’t. i love the fact that it gets weirder and weirder every flip of the page, to the point that i just couldn’t put the book down. i can’t even describe the frustration i’m feeling everytime the chapter ends with a cliffhanger. overall, it was a very easy and fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

aahrobot's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

The entire time I was listening I thought, “Oh it’s clearly this person.” But then, right towards the end, it wasn’t. But then at the actual end, it was. The Red Herring was a nice change of pace from all the other Frieda books I have read so far. Not bad; again, I found some of the characters annoying, but I at least liked Victoria. Good, easy read with a nice twist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

paperkindle's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Car accident and Murder

melanielk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Medical content

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

meikesbieb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

Dit duurde voor mijn gevoel echt 3 jaar van mn leven om door dit boek heen te komen, maar zoals ik al had verwacht begint het echte spannende gebeuren pas enige tijd over de helft. Side note: think ff twice als je deze wilt lezen als je ook al ‘Verity’ hebt gelezen, want daardoor werd dit boek voor mij nog langdradiger dan dat het eigenlijk had hoeven zijn. Uiteraard wel echt weer fantastische plottwists en het is gewoon echt een psychologische thriller

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

tierraskye's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

hilaryj10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

A creepy domestic thriller. I read this in a day. I couldn’t stop. Some of the characters actions were frustrating and had you wanting to yell at them asking what they were thinking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

sabinalane's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder