Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

90 reviews

frankiet1998's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Blood

michaela_nelly's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Loved it. I have yet to read a McFadden that doesn’t surprise me. I am still shook. How did I not see it coming?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Stalking, Blood, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Murder

charlotte_helen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

3.75

Not the best book I’ve read by this author but good for a different type of read. I found myself not really connecting with many of the characters and guessing some of the plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, Child death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

kyraplummer's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Blood

k8lynn's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

niya_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I honestly don’t know how I feel part of me feels like I was being gaslit the entire time, even though I knew what was going on, especially towards the end. They were definitely trying harder to make us believe it was this one specific person just to have it flipped on its head, so yeah I would say it’s an OK read nothing spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident

primrosette's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

crazybooklady89's review

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

4.0

I’m giving this one 4 stars even, and it would have been much less but the very very end came as a little surprise. There were several times through this one where I was so annoyed by the FMC. Like… how many times can you ignore red flags before I should consider you to be a red flag? Ugh!! But also, the fact that the author was able to elicit that type of frustration from me shows her skill. I do plan on reading more from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail

books_with_frankie's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

4.5/5⭐️ 1/5🌶️

My first thriller. My first Freida McFadden book and I’m telling you now, it won’t be the last. I reached for this book solely because the blurb sounded so good and I was not wrong. I ate this book up and left no crumbs.

The Inmate follows Brooke, a nurse practitioner in a men’s high security prison. The men in the prison are the worst of the worst, and that includes Shane Nelson, Brooke’s first boyfriend, who was convicted of murdering 3 of her friends and attempted to murder her 11 years ago. When she finally comes face to face with Shane after all that time, she begins to wonder if she got it wrong. If she sent an innocent man to prison, because after all she never actually saw the face of the murderer and there was one other person it may have been.

This book kept me so engrossed the whole way through the book. I couldn’t put it down wondering if she was right to suspect she’d help sentence the wrong man. I loved the alternating timelines, so it felt like we were reliving the memory along with Brooke.

One word to sum up the ending: Shocked. The ending was insane and I’m still thinking of all the plot twists days later. I can’t wait to read more Freida McFadden books and dive into more thrillers! 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Tropes include:

• Gripping Psychological Thriller
• Who did it? 
• Single Mom 
• Dual Timeline 
• Plot Twist Galore! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder