Reviews - A Friend in the Dark

452 reviews for:

A Friend in the Dark

Samantha M. Bailey

3.37 AVERAGE

reading2escape's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cfarron's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brannerj's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

steel_city_peach's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

We Were All Rooting for You

This book was so up and down for me. It started off okay. Eden’s devastation after her marriage ended was very relatable. Her desire to reconnect with her college crush made sense. Then all kinds of ridiculous things happened. I started to lose interest. I was right back into it for part two. The introduction of the other woman and her perspective really made the storyline pickup. Going into part three, I was optimistic. The actual events that came next were so absurd. It started to feel like a spoof of a thriller. The resolution at the end was okay. I toggled between loving this book and being very disappointed with it.

bookcloud's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

hazel_lee's review against another edition

4.0

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: No

lee_nuhh's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Maybe I read too many dark romance, Thriller, and suspense books, but while I didn't necessarily predict all the twists, they were lackluster, and some of them didn't even matter. This really wanted to be like the other dual-POV, unreliable narrator books but just didn't live up to it.