Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

O Namorado by Freida McFadden

19 reviews

grace_forgets's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The first time I sat down to read this, I only read the first chapter and stopped reading for two months. But I just picked this up yesterday, and was very quickly hooked. 
After having read quite a few of Freida’s books, I have to say that this one is one of the darker, and more graphic ones I’ve read. 
I thought I had the twist at the end, but I was so wrong. McFadden did an amazing job once again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

purplesky25276's review against another edition

5.0

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

dkamada's review against another edition

3.25

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

cherrypiejay's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

I thought I’d figured out what was happening early on, but that twist toward the end!

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-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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Audiobook. 4.25/5 stars

Fast, captivating listen! I did kind of predict how it would end, but as always, Freida McFadden has a way of keeping you guessing the entire book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture

Minor: Sexual content

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

2.5

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

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Narrator Rating: 1.0 stars

   The narrators directly impacted my lack of enjoyment of the book, so I'll discuss them first. The male narrator was annoying AF, I get they wanted a teen male, but did they have to pick someone to do that voice that had such a whiny and grating voice? If you have to choose between listening or reading this book. I advise you to read a physical or e-copy, NOT listen to the audio. 

    Because of the awful narration I think I enjoyed the book less. The main female MC I found unlikable because she was SOO desperate to find a man. I could get that in a 20-something. But as someone in my mid-to-late thirties, I didn't find it as believable that she would just take any mediocre white dude, even if she couldn't see a future with him. 

   The mystery element I found great! If the main character had been even slightly likable I would have rated it higher, but I thought about DNF-ing around 53% but since I was already more than half-way through the book I soldiered on and finished it. Overall, I'd say it was meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic

tayreads10's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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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Another book well done by Freida McFadden!! Twists and turns that make you think it's one person, no wait, now this person, what?! It's actually a person you didn't even consider! I was so frustrated by the naivety and of Sydney throughout the book and how she didn't go to the police with so many things. That brought it down a star for me. So many instances where I was internally screaming, "What are you doing?!" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

zoedonn's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

dblue236's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious 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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While this author's books are never necessarily the most realistic or the most intricate mysteries, they are a massive amount of fun to read, and I think this one might be my favorite yet. I loved the premise and while I THOUGHT I had everything figured out by halfway through the book, there were a few things I was missing. There weren't any massive surprises by the end, but getting there was a blast and I tore through this book in about a day and a half because it was such good escapism at a time when I really needed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol