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The Inmate by Freida McFadden

15 reviews

aas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, Stalking, and Violence

gknott's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

3.5

Narrator/protagonist has the craziest case of Dumb Bitch Disease that I have read in a while. Lots of predictable twists but the last one got me. 3 stars but extra 0.5 star for the fact that I was so invested that I basically finished the book in one sitting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Stalking, Car accident, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Abortion

christinewashere's review against another edition

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

5.0

THE BEST BOOK IVE READ ALL YEAR!!! Insane plot twists you wouldn’t see coming! Wow my new favorite thriller author!!! This is the type of book that makes me want to lower all my other book ratings by a star. This is the ultimate five star book!! I hope this book is made into a move one day! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Minor: Mental illness, Bullying, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

********** SPOILER **********


Felt like I was reading some adult version of I know What You Did Last Summer. Most of the book was mediocre, and the reveal was almost laughable, but the last chapter, the epilogue of what really happened after the reveal, gave me chills.

Only thing I can’t figure out is whether Shane and Brooke are related. They share a father, so yeah, but then why are the characters treated as if they weren’t half-siblings? Very confused!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity and Abandonment

Minor: Kidnapping and Incest

readingwithjass's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Murder

lulusreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

I found the protagonist to be irritating and the other characters fell flat for me. 
I was expecting more of a psychological “twist”, this felt more like a LifeTime movie. 

All Brooke would do is switch between believing Shane or Tim. I was tired of reading about Brooke saying “he’s a nice guy” “he’s hot” about her 2 love interests. Thank god for her 10yr old son Josh, he was the most interesting character even though we only got to read about his perspective at the very end, & learn the truth. What a smart mommas boy

The truth behind why Shane’s mom was out to get Brooke was dumb AF. Killing innocent teenagers because the person you’re “inlove with” won’t ditch his family for you.. 

There was no mention of Shane’s father, “Margie” Mrs.Nelson making the reasoning for this mess even more ridiculous. I almost want to give this book 2 1/2 stars but because I liked the Authors writing style & speed I’ll give it 3stars. The author did keep me intruiged the whole time even though the story is underwhelming and the main character was annoying & naïve 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, Car accident, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Pregnancy, and Forced institutionalization

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

• This was by far my favorite book from Freida out of the 4 I’ve read so far!!
• There was so much suspense and mystery and I loved the past and present POVs where the details were revealed little by little.
• This was one of those thrillers that I was so sure was going to be disappointing because the killer couldn’t have been more obvious but by the end I had to just sit there for 5 minutes trying to process what just happened because I was in SHOCK. I didn’t see any of that coming and it’s definitely one of my favorite twists!
• Also, that last line???? It was another twist I wasn’t expecting and it’s definitely going to haunt me.
• If you loved Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier, I’d highly recommend this because it reminded me of it with the way that the MC’s ex is the suspected killer and they both have pretty shocking endings. I can’t wait to read more by this author and I’m already trying to decide what’ll be my next read!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Stalking, Violence, Car accident, and Bullying

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Panic attacks/disorders

sporadicallybookish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This was an intriguing and fast paced thriller, with plenty of twists and turns. I really thought I had this figured out from the start, but to McFadden’s credit, I was wrong and the twists just kept coming. I was hooked throughout and sped through this without realising. 

That being said I wasn’t really a fan of any of the characters in this book, i found them unlikable and Brooke really didn’t seem to trust her instincts at the most crucial times which had me frustrated.

Overall, a really enjoyable and fun read that I could totally see being made into a movie. I’d recommend to anyone that loves a twisty thriller and doesn’t mind slightly outlandish plots points!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Bullying

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Holy twists Batman!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Violence, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Police brutality, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Ableism, Death of parent, Car accident, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Pregnancy