Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

128 reviews

sydneyxx's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

flarbie's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

GAH sooooo annoying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

chelta's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Bullying, Death, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

yesica's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Liked:

• That ending was amazing of course there was a few plot holes but overall I really loved that ending excellently with that final twist in the epilogue 🥰 it was a 5 out of 5 star ending
• I like how the book switches back and forth between the present and the incident 11 years ago.
• I like how even though Josh is 10 years old he is not as naïve as this mom.
• The book does a good job at making you sympathetic towards the killers in the beginning.

Disliked: 

• The book was in 1st person P.O.V (This is a personal thing, honestly I think I’m just not used to reading books in first person 🤷‍♀️)
• Brooke was just annoying at time
  Quote: “these men don’t look like criminals”  she saids as she’s working at a prison 🤦🏻‍♀️
• Josh at times doesn’t Talk like a 10 year old which I can let it go because I know how hard it is to write dialogue for kids at times.

Overall:
 
I think is I would have physically read this book instead of listen to the audiobook I would have enjoyed it more. 
This is a good introduction to the mystery genre if your not used to reading mystery books. Honestly the ending is that best part of the book. I love how the epilogue is in a different P.O.V and answers one of my biggest question about a certain person’s death. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

jess_eb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

eat_lift_read_sleep's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

megsiobhan's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

kotashomelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

cordelia_gretson's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

There should be a prize for every single character being unlikable- it’s almost impressive if not a bit annoying.

FMC is infuriating, often saying the right thing to do and blatantly disregarding it and doing the stupid alternative. In addition to her ability to be gaslit by everyone, including herself, she lacks

the ability to recognize people she once knew. It doesn’t seem feasible that she forgot this many people. The whole trial seems like a sham with her watery testimony she doesn’t even believe to be true, getting a guy a life sentence then saying oh gosh I think I was wrong, sprinting that guy from prison and incarcerating another without repercussions. I don’t think so.

Always go into a Freida book accepting the boundaries of feasibility, but this time the Queen of Redundancy (and boy did she like to repeat herself in this book) asked the reader to stretch too far. It’s not feasible, but rather a farce. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

sammy_rob's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail