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The Inmate by Freida McFadden

13 reviews

lindavs22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Bullying, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

aimzthereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Freida McFadden writes great psychological thrillers with many twists and it keeps you guessing the whole way through. I enjoy her plots and the premise of her books. Typically I don't connect with the characters and that's fine with me. There were times in this book that I got SUPER annoyed with some of the decisions that the main character made so which knocked it to a 3.75/4 star instead of a 4.5 star. I liked the different clues that were put out there along the way and that she writes great psychological thrillers without having a red herring that made no sense. 

I will continue to read her. books because they are fun, quick smart thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Murder, Medical content, Child death, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Kidnapping

assesgrass's review against another edition

3.5

okay so this is my 4th book that i’ve read by freida and i think this was the cheesiest by far. there were some parts that i kind of just guessed and was right but there was still a ton of mystery. 

i felt like there was wayyy too much happening at the end like it was all plot and then at the end it throws a million things at you which i guess is okay. 

it was really weird there’s one scene where brooke and shane are in the home and josh is coming home and he rings the doorbell??? at his own house?? kind of weird tbh. also i didn’t like how tim was lying a lot he made it seem like he didn’t know kelli at all when the police arrived which we know is a lie.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death and Animal death