Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

8 reviews

skulls3713's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Great writing style and the ending always get you. This one was definitely a huge shock. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, and Stalking

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Torture

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Self harm, Death of parent, and Grief

kpturner90's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Teacher is a book that I was very excited to read as I have heard so many great things about Freida McFadden being the queen of plot twists, which I live for! With that being said, the twists were good, and they were somewhat shocking, but they weren't knock-me-off-my-chair shocking, which is what I'm looking for. I want a twist that will leave me thinking about it for days. This book didn't quite do that for me, along with the fact that it was quite some time before anything notable happened at all. I also found a few plot holes and inconsistencies, along with a few things that didn't make complete sense. These were pretty minor though, and I can look past them to the bigger picture, which is that, overall, this book is a page-turner that I wanted to constantly have my eyes on because I NEEDED to figure it out. I think my slight disappointment in the lack of a big shock factor was more from me setting my expectations to an unreasonably high level based on things I have heard. I still very much enjoyed this book and will buy more Frieda McFadden novels very soon because I'm excited to see what other twisty stories she has to tell. Who knows, maybe the next one will knock me out of my chair with its twists! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

hcrowe315's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

WOW

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking and Domestic abuse

Minor: Torture

rachelmoss2017's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking

sarahmaemae's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Stalking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Torture

sunnybwrites's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Not a huge fan of the relationships in this book, not a typical theme explored by Frieda so I wasn’t entirely prepared for it.

Noticed a few writing patterns from her other books. Typically Frieda’s twists shock me but this book was fairly predictable, the only thing I didn’t see coming was

Jay’s true identity

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction

emkpnut12's review

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Gore, Torture, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Sexual violence

eriktri4's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Infidelity, Torture, Bullying, and Emotional abuse