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The Inmate by Freida McFadden

16 reviews

findingkarlesa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

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

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

shelgold's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Gripping, tense, & mysterious. Nothing is as it seems, I was on the edge of my seat until the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping

nuuamuikkunen's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Plot was a bit too predictable. But the reveals at the end were interesting. This was my second book by McFadden and have to say I liked Never Lie a lot more. The plot twists were better.

Brooke seemed very naive and the name calling part at the school was stupid.

But I liked this interesting combination of romance and thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

theaa_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Medical content, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Panic attacks/disorders

just_klaudia's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Car accident, Blood, and Violence

kaylasbookgram's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Brooke was told not to get close to the inmates at her new job as nurse practitioner at a prison but what her new boss doesn’t know is one of the prisoners are there because of her. 

This book was so amazing! Just when I thought I knew who the bad guy was a huge twist would happen and it’s change! So crazy! I didn’t know what story to believe or what was the true story! And I loved every second of it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Bullying, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Child death, Physical abuse, Death, Police brutality, Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Grief

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

    Brooke moves back to her hometown with her son after her parents die. She gets a job at the prison where her ex-boyfriend/son's father is incarcerated after she accuses him of a massacre the night of her son's conception. But did he do it? Or was it the boy next door she's now falling in love with?
    This was a good thriller. I was bouncing back and forth between who could have done it. It was one of the guys, but I wasn't 100% sure who it was.
     And the final twist with the son was interesting, though I'd figured out something was up with that little hint someone dropped.
   The characters however weren't very likable for the most part, which made it a bit harder to enjoy.

Narrator Rating: 3.25 stars
   The narrator was decent but pronounced some words oddly. Her voice was harder to tune out which was good. She just didn't make the book come alive as much as I would have liked.

Elemental Levels:  Fluff-NA   Heartfelt-4/5   Helpful-NA     Horror-1/5    Inspiration-NA  Love aka Romance-2/5   Mystery-4/5    Predictability-2/5   Spice-0.5/5    Suspense-3/5   Tear- 2/5  Thrill-4.5/5 Humor-0.5/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, Bullying, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Child death, Classism, Mental illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Gore, and Cursing

Minor: Ableism, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Car accident, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Abortion