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

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juci's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense fast-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

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erinb1414's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective 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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bookscatcoffee's review against another edition

2.0

tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Oof, this book was not for me. It was repetitive, reductive, and the characters were one-dimensional. Halfway through the book I was hoping it would turn out to be some kind of literary device, but nope, just more pages of the same. And then the ending was so unrealistic, that if I had cared, it would have made me mad. But I was just glad it was over. Not worth it. 2 stars

Thriller

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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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madisonjordan5693's review against another edition

2.0

dark 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

OOOOOOH BABY do I have some things to say about this book.

First of all, the audacity of the author to include an introduction saying “I never include violence in my books in case you let your kids read them…..” Not only is that simply a bold faced lie, but who the HELL would let a child read a thriller anyway!? Also, not for nothing, but not every single piece of literature has to be censored/tailored for children. Seriously, it’s okay for it to just be for adults. Like the ENTIRE GENRE SHOULD BE. I don’t know if she does same intro in all of her books, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen it.

Secondly, Polly made my blood boil with the white hot rage of exactly 11 million suns. I mean this in the most respectful way possible: if your infertility affects you to the point that you cannot act kind or rational around babies or other pregnant women, just stay in the goddamn house. Stop making your personal struggles everyone else’s problem. This absolute whack job really thought that she was going to steal a stranger’s baby and went to frighteningly dangerous lengths to try to do it. So no, I’m not going to have any sympathy for her just because she’s “struggling with infertility.” Get the hell out of here.

Third, Tegan let Polly off way too goddamn easy. I would have been singing like a canary the SECOND I laid eyes on a police officer. I don’t give a hoot that Polly saved her from being drugged by her brother. Are we supposed to give her a pass on the previous four days for that…..? Absolutely not.

AND FOURTH…..Hank, my brother in Christ, you’re one weak son of a bitch. If I were you would have called the police from my auto shop the minute my wife started going Baby Snatcher on me. Man the f*** up, dude. I know deep down you were a decent guy and thank god you mostly redeemed yourself in the epilogue because my brain would have actually exploded if you hadn’t.

I’m so mad at this whole book. Like, physically and mentally RAGING. The only reason I didn’t DNF is because I was holding on to a tiny shred of hope that Tegan would get a happy ending. Thank GOD she did because if she hadn’t I’d be suing Freida McFadden, her grandma, her spawn and the neighbor’s dog for good measure.

2 stars for this dumpster fire, physical personification of rage bait if I’ve ever seen it. If you’re not insane like me I could see you actually being able to get past some of this and enjoy the story.

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