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4.29k reviews for:

The Wife Upstairs

Freida McFadden

3.8 AVERAGE


it finally wasn’t the freaking woman

Basically think Verity + Gone Girl. If you love those, this is right up your alley.
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-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

This book is terrible in SO many ways. Not the least of which is that it's terrible literature. 
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark slow-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: Complicated

Started out strong and finished strong, but my goodness did it bog down in the middle.  I ended up skipping about 100 pages and didn't seem to miss much according to the ending. Would only reccomend if you have a lot of free time to burn!
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was not very good. McFadden’s characters are ridiculously gullible. However, it was entertaining.
tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

FREIDAAAAAAA!!!!!!