Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

O Namorado by Freida McFadden

37 reviews

kensleyy's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was a slow start, I almost DNF’d it, but it picked up gradually. By the end I was completely engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

wildkateaustin's review against another edition

1.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

grace_forgets's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The first time I sat down to read this, I only read the first chapter and stopped reading for two months. But I just picked this up yesterday, and was very quickly hooked. 
After having read quite a few of Freida’s books, I have to say that this one is one of the darker, and more graphic ones I’ve read. 
I thought I had the twist at the end, but I was so wrong. McFadden did an amazing job once again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

purplesky25276's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-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: Complicated

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I really enjoyed this book. The written was incredibly great. The preformence was very good.  The overall storyline was incredible.  The twists will having me raving about this book for years to come. Really enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

himpersonal's review against another edition

2.5

emotional 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: Yes

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I kept seeing so many people reading this book, and so I was curious. The only really good thing about this book is that it was easy to read and fast to get through. This was one of McFadden's weaker works. The red herrings were too obvious, and the protagonist is possibly one of the stupidest I've ever read. She was completely incapable of taking care of herself and utterly void of any intuition. The twist was admittedly a slight surprise, but it was also anticlimactic because the misdirects were so clear.

If you skip this one, you'll be saving yourself some time that you can use toward a better book. If you like her works, I thought she did a better job with One by One, Never Lie, The Housemaid, The Locked Door, and The Teacher. This and the others I've read by her but not listed above have been mediocre at best but often worse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

dkamada's review against another edition

3.25

dark funny mysterious reflective tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

shadymist's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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This book certainly had a twist I wasn’t expecting. It was enjoyable to read and definitely lures you in further and further. 

Would recommend to anyone who does enjoy thrillers and fans of Frieda McFadden.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual harassment

prispris88's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Freida does it again! I had so many different predictions throughout the story. I liked the 2 POVs with before / present (similar to Never Lie - my first & favorite Freida book). The FMC did upset me with her poor life decisions but it added to the character development. The twists just kept coming & made the story so exciting! Don’t want to spoil it but OMFG I didn’t see that ending 😱. This book really kept me guessing. Note: I listened to the audiobook and the voice actor(s) did very well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Grief, Stalking

syreetam's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Death, Murder

Minor: Stalking

ahsatan82's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Stalking, Gaslighting

Minor: Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping