Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

90 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy twists Batman!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A night of drinking with friends during a storm with no adults, what’s the worst that can happen? Other than the fact that one of them is a murderer! Fast forward ten years later and our MC Brooke is working at the same prison as the man convicted as trying to kill her and murdering her friends that fateful night. 

In traditional Freida McFadden fashion everything isn’t as it seems and once you think you have everything figured out, think again! 
I also love the way Freida can make you hate certain characters like the main character and find them very annoying but yet you love the book! That is excellent writing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Murder

ky001113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Pregnancy

jadegrea's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bookwormabby54's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, and Alcohol

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: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Blood

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

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, Blood, and Car accident

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

Minor: Animal death and Child death

sam019's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow such a good book! 

This is my first book of this genre and I really enjoyed it. I just wished there was more romance and hated that the limited romantic scenes were FTB but that's just my personal preference so I still adored this book. 

I was hooked from the first chapter! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lizcheek's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Brooke moves back to her home town after her parents’ death. They’ve left her their house and she needs to get away from Queens to stop her son from being bullied. 

Unfortunately, the only job she’s able to get is at the prison with an inmate she put away ten years ago. Her high school boyfriend, Shane, tried to kill her and her testimony put him away. 

I don’t have a lot to say about this without giving anything away. I love thrillers that keep you guessing until the very end and this one definitely does that. 

it was pretty obvious when Tim went to jail and Shane was released like 3/4 through the book that there would be more to the story. I just wanted to yell at Brooke to trust her instincts!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion