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gabbyeleene's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Stalking and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
sharlapeggy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, Child death, Torture, Gore, Animal death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical content, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Death, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder
vj_thompson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit
courtnetto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
5.0
I thought I had worked out everything in this book, but then by the end I had not gotten anything correct and could not believe that I was so wrong about everything and everyone!
Tricia and Ethan just seem like normal, everyday people. A husband and wife who have found their new dream home, only Tricia becomes weirded out by noises she hears and things she sees while they are at this house. She tells Ethan and he doesn’t seem to believe her - only soon after she tells him she’s pregnant and he then blames everything she’s said on pregnancy paranoia. We also meet Luke Strauss and Adrienne Hale. Adrienne has been missing for 3 years, and it was believed Luke was behind her murder this whole time. The house that Tricia and Ethan have fallen in love with, is no other than Dr. Hale’s… but everything in the house remains, no furniture etc was removed from the home which is what creeps Tricia out, and keeps saying things like “how could I wear a dead woman’s clothes?” or “why would I live in a dead woman’s house?” but there was never any proof that Adrienne was even dead, did Tricia know something about Adrienne’s disappearance?
Is Ethan as normal as he seems or is he hiding something?
I definitely recommend reading this book, it really has you on the edge of your seat. I just couldn’t put it down, I just had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next. I can safely say, this book really surprised me with all the twists and turns.
Graphic: Murder, Vomit, and Death
Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Stalking, Infidelity, and Blood
Minor: Car accident
bringmybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Review: Um. WHAT. That was ... wild? and ... weird? and ... addictive? but ... wow? Filled with tons of tension + lots of twists, only about half of which I'd guessed. This was my first Freida McFadden, and I know she's a bit of a divisive author but I'm not entirely sure why (maybe because they're really formulaic?). I don't necessarily know if I'd pick up another one, but there's a fair amount on Kindle Unlimited, and I imagine if I found myself in a bit of a book slump I wouldn't be adverse to picking one of these up hoping I couldn't put it down!
Overall Rating: ★★★★ / 4.38
Rating each element of the book out of 5★
Characters ★★★★
Atmosphere ★★★★
Writing ★★★
Plot ★★★★
Intrigue ★★★★★
Logic ★★★★
Enjoyment ★★★
Pacing ★★★★★
Dialogue ★★★
★ did not like / ★★ it was okay / ★★★ liked it / ★★★★ really liked it / ★★★★★ loved it
Moderate: Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Infidelity, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Confinement, Stalking, Death of parent, and Vomit
caroras's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
I don’t think I could’ve ever seen the actual plot twist coming. It was a clever twist, and could have worked… It had big potential.
Unfortunately Freida did not make this work well.
The more I think about this book and the plot, the more I dislike it. At first when I finished the book I thought it was a 4.5⭐️ book.
But as my day went on, and I was thinking about it, more and more didn’t make any sense.
So at this point I’m giving it 2.75⭐️.
To be fair, I couldn’t really put this book down, but I was disappointed at the end.
There were quite a bit of inconsistencies, which I won’t mention due to spoilers.
90% of the inner dialogue makes the characters seem like they’re stupid.
I think Freida came up with the twist before she wrote the first half of the book, and just really tried to make it work.
Unfortunately it didn’t. Some events during the first half of the book make NO sense after we find out the twist.
I didn’t like any of the characters. I didn’t connect with any of them, and they felt very unrelatable.
I felt some of their decisions were really stupid and based on nothing.
Like any book, it had its moments. I don’t regret reading it, but I don’t think I’d recommend it to anyone.
Moderate: Violence, Murder, Death of parent, and Mental illness
Minor: Kidnapping, Car accident, Death, and Vomit
boba_n_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Tricia and Ethan are newlyweds searching for their first home together. But their search comes to an abrupt halt when they get stuck at one of the houses due to a blizzard. The couple is locked inside for a couple days with nothing better to do than to explore the house--and the previous owner's things. The previous owner happened to be a well-known therapist named Adrienne who was supposedly killed by her boyfriend, and Tricia, remembering the story, decides to give the therapist's recorded sessions a listen to see if she can find any clues to help solve Adrienne's murder. The more tapes Tricia listens to, the more she becomes suspicious of some of Adrienne's patients. And the more desperate she is to leave the house that is giving her the creeps.
This book had a couple of twists--one I saw coming, and the other I didn't see coming. The only thing I'd change was the ending. Nothing really happened to any of the characters in the present, which made it somewhat dissatisfying. However, it was definitely a wild ride to get to the end, and McFadden's writing is so engaging that it kept me interested until the bitter end.
Graphic: Murder, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Stalking
Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, and Vomit
erinmichele_reads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Death
Minor: Vomit
taylorp98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Infidelity, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
swimmer120x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Vomit