A review by fkshg8465
The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

dark tense medium-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

2.0

This was easy and fast to read, but at one point, I was frustrated - too much gaslighting, too many twists, and not even very good ones at that. Characters were also terrible. She’s written much better books than this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Torture