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The Fear by Natasha Preston

9 reviews

katipheria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Stalking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Child death, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Bullying

rjlrobinson05's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The writing style kind of annoyed me. It reminds me of how I would have written a story back in early years of high school 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Kidnapping

elisabeth_li's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Torture

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Death of parent, and Child abuse

traveling_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Death, and Gore

av3ryriskygamble_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Stalking

rediswriting's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

kbergsten'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

jupiters_shelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Let's just say The Fear left me with many, many new fears. 

So, originally, I picked up this book with fairly low standards, as the previous few books I've read from Natasha Preston weren't exactly my cup of tea. "I'll give these books one last chance" is what I told myself as I walked out of the bookstore. This book exceeded my expectations in so many ways. The twists were rich and meaningful to the story. My head was definitely spinning by the time the final twist was revealed. 

Briefly, the characters felt like real people, the plot was well thought out, and the clues all added up in the end. The final twist is believable, but not necessarily predictable. Whether or not this book is a literary masterpiece is entirely irrelevant, because I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading this story. 

And no, I will not be getting any amount of sleep tonight after that last page.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

natsbookshelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment