Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

145 reviews

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

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

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

aghill222's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt

queenhufflegruff's review against another edition

4.0

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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Car accident, Death of parent

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

alisondn96's review against another edition

4.75

dark tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol

tianabooks's review against another edition

2.0

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this was such a weird experience 😬

On the one hand, I read this book so incredibly fast (especially for someone who’s been on an ongoing reading slump) but on the other hand, I can’t say I actually enjoyed this sadly :/
I’ve read several books by this author and I kind of know what to expect — questionable characters, crazy plots, several twists, usually cool epilogues. These were here. However, the book felt repetitive — quite literally, things being repeated several times, including things characters would say to each other. It felt as if we were going in circles 😅. 

The last Freida McFadden book I read was The Boyfriend, so compared to that FMC, Tegan had at least SOME survival skills. Don’t get me wrong though, I was still screaming out of frustration. 💀
I did enjoy the multiple POV narration, I think it works best for this type of story; but I could not STAND Polly’s pov — concern increased by 1000% 😶. 

I’m still going to read her next book though, we all know it 😩. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder

holls_93x's review against another edition

3.75

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Car accident, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt