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britainmic's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Death
Moderate: Blood
skulls3713's review against another edition
5.0
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
rready's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Infidelity
lawbooks600's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Score: Five out of ten.
That was a heavy one. I only saw The Teacher by Freida McFadden a few days ago on a library display shelf, so I picked it up and glanced at the intriguing blurb, making it appear like a thriller. I headed in with lowered expectations after seeing the low ratings, and when I closed the final page, it was okay.
It starts with a prologue with someone digging a grave, then it cuts to two characters, Eve, the partner of Nate, a teacher, and Addie, a student at Caseham High School. Everything looks typical until Addie, a minor, has a relationship with a teacher, hence the title, making it an uncomfortable read. I could've given it a DNF there, but I read on to see where it was going, but I should've done that when I had the chance. The plot drives The Teacher forward, with the characters not developing or having depth in any way, and as I read through more of the storyline, I couldn't like any of the characters, since they made questionable decisions in one way or another. There aren't any protagonists, more like morally grey characters.
The Teacher is almost 400 pages long, so its pacing is slow in the first 200 pages as nothing much happens other than Eve and Addie recounting their daily lives then it quickly picks up steam toward the last 200, with the action intensifying. Particularly, the concluding 100 pages are the most engaging as I thought Addie killed Eve and buried her under a shallow layer of dirt, but it turns out Eve was alive all along, and now vows to retaliate against Nate instead of moving on like any typical person would. The conclusion is satisfying, at least for Eve, as she throws Nate into her grave and buries him, but I couldn't shake off the overall tone of bleakness and brutality. I wonder what happened to Addie, though, did she move on from that? I'm unsure. Now that is an unanswered question.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder
Full trigger warnings: Death and murder of a partner by asphyxiation, near-death experience, physical assault and injury, blood depiction, adult-minor relationship, cheating, vivisepulture, strangulation, abuseastronomicall's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Murder and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Bullying, Sexual content, and Stalking
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Blood
jascahue's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Blood
paperkindle's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Death of parent
darthbiblia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Blood, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcohol
sierrabowers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Blood, Child abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, and Sexual content
sharlapeggy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Pedophilia, Murder, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Deadnaming, and Confinement