Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

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

31 reviews

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

dark 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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sorry baby, I will literally never go into a basement willingly. I am not the one! Murder me up here if you must but I’m done people pleasing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape

tayreads10's review against another edition

3.0

dark lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was intriguing in the beginning, then sputtered out for the rest of it. No mind-blowing crazy Freida twists like I'm used to. It just kind of fizzled. There was definitely potential for it, but just didn't go anywhere. I waited forever and a day it seemed for my hold at the library.
The reader gets to see the situation mainly from both Tegan and Polly's perspectives. Tegan is a pregnant woman who crashes her car in the middle of the snowstorm and Polly's husband takes her to their house. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

mothwings's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Alcohol

sscapreads's review against another edition

3.5

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting

lizsim's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

mmcgrogan924's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional sad medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Physical abuse, Pregnancy

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit

hesa_is_a_kiwi's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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holy SHIT.
this was fuckED UP!!!

insanely gripping and terrifying. i loved it. an endless list of plot twists and i am not sure if the author is reliable. wouldn't be surprised if after the epilogue new insanity would happen.

however i thought the epilogue was unrealistic and unnecessary. what a fucked "family" of three. naaaah.

if you're looking for an AMAZING thriller. i recommend. (i am not responsible for the trauma it might cause you)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Physical abuse

jrh7602665lvr's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

layney_1's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship

princessblueyes's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy