Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

10 reviews

moxiereads's review against another edition

2.0

sad tense fast-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: Yes

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This was not good. (It was fast, because the writing is simple. I suppose when you're cranking out 6 books a year the writing has to be simple.) 

Another case of a female character I don't like. Tegan had almost no personality and she spent all of it talking about how bad off she was, how she wanted to go somewhere else, and how much pain she was in (which, valid, but it was tiresome to read every 3 of so sentences) 

This would have been okay if the ending played out differently. Fight me,

Polly would NEVER have been approved to foster a child. And Hank wasn't so much better, though I can get over what he did much more easily.

"Little Tuna" was certainly a choice. 

TW: sexual abuse, rape, child abuse, gaslighting, kidnapping, medical trauma, injury detail, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, suicide threat, attempted homicide, car crash (duh), hostage situations, impersonation of a medical professional x2, trauma related delusions, gross people, gross characters, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

thegreatnoodles's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious 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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Overall I enjoyed this book, but the start (and the epilogue) I didn’t particularly like. At the start, before anything bad has even happened, the author keeps trying to fake you out with scary scenes that never eventuate. In universe, our protagonist has every right to be paranoid (given what’s happened to her before the story starts + being pregnant), but it felt cheap and honestly quite silly at times. Every single character our protagonist sees she immediately fears the worst of and devoted two-to-three paragraphs catastrophising about.

The larger middle of the story (Parts II through to IV) are where the story shines better, although I am annoyed we still live in an age where mental health and infertility are vilified for easy horror story villains. Someone suffering from mental health is FAR more likely to hurt themselves than others, and the handling of sensitive topics (

suicide

) in this story falls very short of being respectful.

However, I found it refreshing to see multi-POVs used for a horror, even if a lot of the story hinges on misunderstandings that could have been resolved if people actually spoke to one another. The characters’ actions felt consistent, except for Tegan’s boot.

The twists were either too obvious, or the hints were done really well and I got them all. Hard to tell how much I was meant to be shocked by.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment

coollawrence's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy

kiwichill's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Excrement, Grief, Alcohol

jeaniemcgarvey's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Enjoyable read with a unrealistic ending. Not her best work

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

hailey_seipel's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Rape, Suicide attempt

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

akj07's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Minor: Cursing

dishajetly_123's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

monicabach's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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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Quick read. Took one day. I enjoyed it and didn’t see the twists coming. I just get frustrated when there’s a ton of assumptions and everything would be cleared up if people would just talk. I always love the ride though. I’m just yelling at the characters while I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Car accident

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent