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O Namorado by Freida McFadden

41 reviews

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dark emotional mysterious 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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dark hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really enjoyed this book. The written was incredibly great. The preformence was very good.  The overall storyline was incredible.  The twists will having me raving about this book for years to come. Really enjoyed this book.

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emotional tense fast-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

I kept seeing so many people reading this book, and so I was curious. The only really good thing about this book is that it was easy to read and fast to get through. This was one of McFadden's weaker works. The red herrings were too obvious, and the protagonist is possibly one of the stupidest I've ever read. She was completely incapable of taking care of herself and utterly void of any intuition. The twist was admittedly a slight surprise, but it was also anticlimactic because the misdirects were so clear.

If you skip this one, you'll be saving yourself some time that you can use toward a better book. If you like her works, I thought she did a better job with One by One, Never Lie, The Housemaid, The Locked Door, and The Teacher. This and the others I've read by her but not listed above have been mediocre at best but often worse.

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dark funny mysterious reflective tense
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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dark mysterious tense medium-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

Freida does it again! I had so many different predictions throughout the story. I liked the 2 POVs with before / present (similar to Never Lie - my first & favorite Freida book). The FMC did upset me with her poor life decisions but it added to the character development. The twists just kept coming & made the story so exciting! Don’t want to spoil it but OMFG I didn’t see that ending 😱. This book really kept me guessing. Note: I listened to the audiobook and the voice actor(s) did very well!

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dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious tense slow-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

A lot of things felt really like a twist just to be different from what the reader expects.

I think the characters are interesting enough, but the ‘villain’ made no sense and was somewhat unbelievable. The ending too was just kind of awful. I think it sets up a second book well. Part of my dislike was because the characters weren’t fleshed out well, so their chemistry is somewhat unbelievable.

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Loved it. Lots of twists and turns and unexpected bits! You think you know and you really don’t! 

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