Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Crash by Freida McFadden: A Thriller That Will Keep You Up All Night! by Freida McFadden

246 reviews

hannahhoffman21's review against another edition

2.25

dark sad 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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The illogical thinking and the wild assumptions made by both women characters made this so painful and the topic is just so heavy. This is just not enjoyable nor does it give you much to think about. I think it would’ve been better if the author included Hank’s POV, who is by far the best and most interesting character. He seems to be the only one who is having to make hard choices and who isn’t completely insane.  We get a taste of his perspective in the epilogue and it is the best part of the book by a long shot.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

kateycat_bookworm's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

justacommonloon_'s review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy

grace33's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Car accident

Minor: Child abuse

jls6283's review against another edition

1.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I considered DNFing, but I stuck it out because usually Freida’s twists are worth it in the end…

The twists here were pretty predictable. I wasn’t sure if

Polly, Hank, or Sadie would kill Mitch, but I knew he’d die and they’d adopt her. I also thought pretty early on Polly and Tegan would save each other or come to some kind of mutually beneficial understanding. The only true surprise was that the brother was in on it, but I got the ick early on from him the moment he and his sister talked about giving each other foot massages… 🤮🤮🤮🤮

And I’m sorry, but the way she “heard” her baby’s voice and called it Tuna weirded me out too… 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Murder

addison11's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

kayyraynee's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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After reading “Ward D” by Frieda McFadden, I was excited for this book. 
However, this book took a completely different style than the last, which is fine if you’re expecting a night and day difference. 
It could just be my viewpoints, but the reason this book gets such a low score for me is because the plot actually made me angry, to the point where I almost stopped reading a couple times. And not a “no way the author did that” as a way to keep the reader zoned in, but genuinely mad at the idea of the plot and how this could be considered a “good read”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

becagracebookcorner's review against another edition

5.0

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt

samfinner's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

martypartyof5's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy