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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Eden Miller is struggling with changes in her life. Her husband suddenly wants a divorce and her seventeen-year-old daughter is barely speaking to her when she moves to college. One night she decides to add her college crush, Justin Ward, on Facebook. He messages her right away and they begin an online relationship. However, something seems off. Justin knows more about her life than Eden has told him. Though Eden is living the fantasy that she imagined over twenty years ago, she has to figure out the truth about Justin before her family is put in danger.
This was such an intense and suspenseful thriller. It was so creepy, in the way that Justin seemed to know a lot about Eden that she hadn’t told him. It’s scary to think that you might not know who the person really is on the other side of the screen. I liked that Eden was a middle aged protagonist. Protagonists in adult novels are often younger adults, so I liked that Eden was at a different stage of her life, but she was also starting a new chapter on her own.
A Friend in the Dark is a fast-paced and creepy thriller!
Thank you Firefly Books Distributed Lines for sending me a copy of this book!
Content warnings: death, death of parent, abuse, rape, sexual assault, murder, stalking, gaslighting
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
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
dark
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Would have given this 3 stars, it was an easy enough read (though really, Eden has zero sense of personal safety??) except for the fact that BDSM is used as some kind of shameful secret and that lazy reveal of borderline personality disorder at the end... aren't we better than this by now?
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
No
This being the second book that I have read by the author, I was very excited to receive it. finished this entire book in a matter of hours and would’ve done so in one sitting if life had allowed.
It started off strong but it faltered in places but I couldn’t stop reading.
However, for me personally, this book fell short in character development in relation to the story, that was unfolding. I could not follow the motivations of each character and was left with way too many unanswered questions.
I give this book 3 stars because I couldn’t put it once I started and any book that does that is a great read!
It started off strong but it faltered in places but I couldn’t stop reading.
However, for me personally, this book fell short in character development in relation to the story, that was unfolding. I could not follow the motivations of each character and was left with way too many unanswered questions.
I give this book 3 stars because I couldn’t put it once I started and any book that does that is a great read!