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O Namorado by Freida McFadden

179 reviews

samfinner's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark 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: Yes

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toonkatie's review against another edition

3.75

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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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cinnacroc's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious 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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_simply_cyndi_'s review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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eurynome's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Dual timeline.

Two narrators.

Captivating story.

The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden is a fast-paced psychological thriller that keeps you guessing until the very end. The story unfolds through two different perspectives, each revealing just enough to make you question everything you think you know.

McFadden masterfully switches between timelines and narrators, building tension with every chapter. The unreliable characters, the dark secrets, and the unexpected twists make it nearly impossible to put the book down.

I hadn’t read a thriller in a while, and wow, The Boyfriend gave me chills. From the very first chapter, I was hooked.

Totally recommend 🤩

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jmurphy21's review against another edition

1.75

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: Yes

I think this book was just not for me. Definitely had an exciting turn but I didn’t care enough about any of the characters for it to even be like shocking. It was painful sometimes to listen to the main characters internal dialogue. I also hate the “I love her so much I just want to strangle her” it’s so weird. I can’t stand excessive violence towards women as a main plot like why would I want to read that in fiction when it happens so much I’m reality??? Like simply I could just read the news lolol

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abik505's review against another edition

3.0

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

I have to admit, I really disliked the writing style of this at first. It was almost disgustingly simplistic and I couldn’t muster up any kind of feelings towards the characters until the three-quarter mark because of it. It was super cliche, it had no prose, and to be honest felt like it was written extremely quickly (probably was considering how fast Freida pumps out books). Idk if the very simple writing is staple of the genre, bc this is my first time reading a thriller so if it is then my bad.

I guess it makes sense that a doctor (?) would write in a very clinical simplistic style, and it works to an extent but at the same time you should probably try to develop your characters especially your MC at least a *little bit*. Otherwise you end up with readers like me who couldn’t give a single shite about her and what’s happening to her lol.

I think this followed the direction of a thriller/murder thriller to a T. Whether that’s in a good or bad way, I don’t know. It does a good job at giving you exactly who you think is the killer, then you become suspicious of a second person but then the plot is driven in a different direction so you forget about it, and then there’s a third person who you’re *sure* is the killer, then it’s revealed to be the second person all along.

I think the goal was to get us distracted by thinking Randy was Slug (he’s really tall and skinny, loves bugs etc, then that didn’t end up being relevant at all). It did work because that’s what I thought. I have to give Frieda props though because I was 100% sure that was the plot twist and it was just written poorly, but that wasn’t the case. She did somewhat surprise me with the real ending no matter how nonsensical or rushed it was.

I do think Sydney was incredibly stupid. So you’re telling me her friend gets killed and cut up by a commitment-phobe doctor, and then meets and starts dating a commitment-phobe doctor whose job is to cut people up, who lies about his name, doesn’t want to be seen together, loves when she bleeds, and doesn’t notice ANYTHING FOR MONTHS???? 🤦🏼‍♀️ She has the survival skills of a jellyfish it hurt me so bad. I know characters in books like these have to be a little dumb in order for the twist to work but come on. It’s not even that Sydney was unlikeable, she was just… there and dumb. Lol.

I was freaked out by Tom and the things he did and I think the plot was pretty tight, albeit a little cliche. I also liked the two separate timelines and flashbacks. It really had me on the edge of my seat. However, I feel if a little more time were spent on writing and editing this book, it easily could’ve been bumped up a star.

This book was okay but I really wish I’d chosen a more critically acclaimed one for my first Freida McFadden book. Then again, this is my first intro into thriller altogether so maybe they’re all like this. Luckily I liked it enough to read her other books.

Also what’s with the constant scrunchie slander? Since when were they unfashionable and when did everyone else apparently stop wearing them? This is news to me and my jar of 30 scrunchies.

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javafenn's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious 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

The only reason this isn’t a 5 is because the main character, Sydney, was one of the most obnoxious characters I’ve ever read in a book! She as slated as almost 35 but I would swear she was actually 22. In the end I did feel some sense of pity and sympathy for her though and liked her ending. Having the story go back and forth between her and Tom was so interesting! And it worked well. Tom was a mysterious character that was hard to crack. Is her a serial killer or is he wildly misunderstood? Guess you’ll have to read it to find out!

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