Reviews - Friends with Secrets

314 reviews for:

Friends with Secrets

Christine Gunderson

3.8 AVERAGE

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Content Warnings

caitlinteresa's review against another edition

4.0

Uuuufda. This one was HEAVY.

I took a break from thrillers for a while as I was growing a bit tired of the genre. That being said, this was a good entrance back into the genre.

One thing I liked about this book-- that the husbands were not awful. I was SO refreshing not to have them be absent, cheaters, or abusive. The other? We love the girlhood between Ainsley and Nikki.

Now, some of the dilogue was cringey. The cringe-inducing conversations are some of the reasons I had to rate this four instead of five stars. The constant mention of Nikki also being "so forgetful and disorganized" got sooooo old. I get that there was a reason behind it, but it was too much. We get it!

Overall, this one made me legitimately nervous, which I enjoy in a good thriller.

patticha511's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

oliviagrace430's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

smh123's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

stefgibbons8's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful tense medium-paced

sandrams's review against another edition

5.0

It starts off slow as you get to know and understand the main characters, but then it picks up. I couldn't put it down when things picked up. I'm glad I read it.