Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

154 reviews

missladysky's review against another edition

1.5

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Murder

missemmacrabtree's review against another edition

2.5

dark fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting

madystpierre's review against another edition

2.0

dark 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: Yes

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An easy to read popcorn thriller (prior to the ending, I was planning on rating it 2.5-3⭐️). Reduced to 2⭐️ because the plot twist at the end made literally no sense and left so many plot holes. Definitely think this book could have used a lot more editing 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting

_sarahleb_'s review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Wow, I hated pretty much every single character in this book, everyone sucked. Not to mention that the book made me sick to my stomach multiple times. Can’t say I particularly enjoy being in the head of pedophile… 

I think the most disturbing part about this read for me, is the fact that there are probably some creepy men out there who do go into teaching, for reasons similar to this book. Absolutely disgusting, and a few of his statements at the end made me physically cringe and audibly gag, like being “tempted by young girls” or whatever.

Definitely had a few things catch me off guard, as most Freida books do, but I also did see a few things coming. One thing I will say, is Freida is obviously good at evoking emotion in me, this book just happens to be hatred and disgust.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder

adrianaslibrary's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking

renrenowden's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The twists and turns kept me reading and unable to put it down! As I read it, I felt like I knew what was going to happen, and some cases I was right, but I never saw the twists coming that the plot included!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent

Minor: Addiction

kenzieskinnerrr's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional tense fast-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: Yes

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love the mystery of the book but find the relationships between students and teachers weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent

teachers and students having any sort of romantic or sexual relationship is soooooo weird!!!

meg1241's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The ending twist was a huge surprise, but the plot is a little hard to stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief

scorpiomoon133's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

ghi's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail