Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

57 reviews

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

emm_opal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

brittany_reads2much's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

dippermfpines's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

WOW. I had a few guesses as to how it could play out, and then when things started to unfold in the most chaotic way, I was locked in. The epilogue was the cherry on top.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Gaslighting

jennalynn96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Freida McFadden, boy did you put me through the ringer on this one...
 
IT WAS FANTASTIC!
 
The twists, the plot, the betrayal, EVERYTHING. SO. FRICKEN. GOOD.
 
Summary: This book is about a Brooke, who is a nurse practitioner at a local prison. The local prison where her high school sweetheart rots away for murdering her friends and attempting to murder her. But after treating Shane, the convicted murder, a few times, Brooke begins to think that she sent the wrong person to jail...
 
My opinion: Brooke is sooooo dumb but she also is unsure how to feel about the whole attempted murder situation. It wasn't like she was able to see the face of the man that was strangling her... But she knew from the smell, and that cologne matched her boyfriends.. There were so many twists in this book, that I was pacing around my apartment and yelling and screaming at the characters and the unfolding of the events.
 
IT WAS CRAZY and I LOVED EVERY MINTUE OF THIS BOOK!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

nclausel25's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking and Abortion

aburbage's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I couldn’t put this down! About 33% of the way through I thought I had this figured out and I was very mistaken! The climax of the book threw me for a loop and then just when I thought it was over the epilogue gagged me further! I deducted .25 because the main character kept making the dumbest decisions 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

kaysen_point's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

3.5

The book had a good plot twists at the end, however, a lot of the plot was driven by the main character not allowing other characters to give her needed information. a lack of communication and memory lost that the main character was not interested in digging in her memories for more information. She often let things happen to her rather than doing anything for herself. The chapters alternate between the present and 11 years ago, which is not something that I enjoyed. However, I did enjoy the internal monologue of the main character, and often found myself laughing at her thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor anti-abortion sentiments from main character

_rubydodge's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Kidnapping