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Brain Damage

Freida McFadden

3.7 AVERAGE

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I just wasn't impressed. Book could have been at least a 100 pages shorter. It wasn't a whodunnit, that was obvious almost from the get go. It isn't a whydunnit, just as obvious as the who. And i hate the strong capable woman turns into wishy washy pushover for a man who consistently lies and belittles her trope. The only reason i finished it was because you could skip pages and pages and not miss anything. I'll try another book by this author to see if it's just this book. But so far she's not living up to the hype in my eyes.
emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Questionable.. just a story nothing too exciting
1. Violet eyes?? Really?
2. What happened to the bullet hole? Sounds like she was facing forward but they never mention it besides the missing skull
3. Why didn’t they try the glasses sooner?
4. Couldn’t she text Bridget? Why didn’t they talk at all?
5. Why didn’t she tell anyone what she remembered about her dream?
6. The whole cheating thing felt so rushed
Glad she ends up with Jamie
emotional funny informative mysterious medium-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
emotional 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
challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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
mysterious tense medium-paced

I started out really enjoying this book. I liked being able to see Freida’s medical background in the book. The story itself fell flat for me, though. I called the ending right away and there were none of her typical twists. Definitely left me feeling meh