Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

16 reviews

meg1241's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I couldn't stop listening. The twists at the end had me questioning everything I thought was true!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Classism

bechlette47's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Holy moly this book was very intense. Usually I LOVE Freida’s stories, but the tension and suspense and just general situation of the story was making me sick…I had to take a break for a few days and considered DNF. If you are someone who usually checks the content warnings, I hope you check them first!! If you’re sensitive to

Domestic / verbal abuse and gaslighting

it may be too much. 
That being said, I think it was a good story! Typical Freida twists, and I had no idea what was happening or what was the truth!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Murder

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

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

laineyt's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

we spend the whole book learning about how victoria was the victim of horrible abuse and then the end “twist” felt like a cheap shot and discredited everything

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

spocksgotfeelings's review against another edition

the most heinous crime was the writing of this book. i regret reading it. thematic assertions included:
-crazy people are dangerous and want to hurt you no matter how much medication you sedate them with
-you should not believe women claiming to be abused by theor husbands, especially if the husband is nice to you
-fat people are ugly and being fat is an indicator of a character flaw, and is disrespectful to your romantic partner. 
worst read of the year. sorry to be blunt. I usually don't even write whole reviews but this book actually dealt me psychic damage to read and I feel the need to warn people away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

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

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

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rockyc5'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

3.0

Fun! Frieda McFadden's books aren't the most original, but they are a good time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy