Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Tenant by Freida McFadden

10 reviews

kshertz's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious sad 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: No

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Honestly, you can never go wrong with this author and you read this author because you know you’re gonna get a bunch of twists and turns
 that you don’t see coming and the ending is going to be really interesting and throw something out of left field. 

This book is no exception and I thought it was really Well done and I didn’t want to put the book down. I read it very quickly and recommend for anyone who likes thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

sarah_reads91's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A cliff-hanger book which will leave you hanging to find out who actually did it. Spine chilling and sends shivers to the core of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Body horror, Death, Violence

m_moon's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious 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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and they were roommates😮

Kept me hooked and guessing.  Audio narration was great. Would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Infidelity, Murder, Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Suicide, Blood

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol

zoedonn's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol

k8lynn's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

hannah_hearts_books's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

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This book makes me think of the card game called Cockroach Poker. What? You’ve never played it before? Ok,here’s the premise: There is no winner and there’s only one loser. Yep. That’s what this book is like. 😆 Well,I read a Freida McFadden. The chapters were like potato chips. I hated every character. The twists were twisting. Was it a mystery? No. Was it a thriller? Also,no. My husband asked me multiple times if I was ok because my face was visibly horrified while reading this. 😆😆😜🙃Will I read another one of these? Probably not. But damn, if it wasn’t a crazy time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense 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

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    I enjoyed this book thoroughly. Though the characters weren’t likable, they weren’t annoying or grating, they were simply morally grey, and assholes. The final twist was perfect and made the book better. I liked how she sectioned the book and split perspectives at just the right point.

    Overall, a great thriller that didn’t go where I thought it would. I just wish it hadn’t been quite so gross in parts.

Narrator Rating: 5.0 stars

     The narrators did an amazing job; their voices felt like they fit how the characters would sound perfectly.

Elements 

Heartfelt-1/2 of 💔  
Horror- 1/2 of a  😱 
Love aka Romance- 1/4 of a  💋 
Predictability-🔮 &  1/4

Spice- 1/4 of  🌶 
Tear- 1/4 of a  😭 
Thrill- 😲 😲 😲 
Humor- N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Sexual content, Terminal illness

The child's death is that of an older teenager, and the animal's death is that of a fish.

estimpert's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting

juanat77's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Fast paced! Unpredictable! Twisty! Suspenseful! All the adjectives! Truly a wild ride. My 4th McFadden book and have yet to be disappointed! And yes some of it is unrealistic—who cares? It’s fiction!  It was entertaining! This was exactly what  I needed to read at the moment. 

4 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail