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A review by cazi3
Friday on My Mind by Nicci French
5.0
Having read a few of the Frieda Klein series in no particular order. I’m starting to get a feel for the characters along with the premise of this dark thriller. It’s all about Frieda, and her need to survive whilst working as a psychotherapist. Throughout her career she has worked with some of the most complex and dangerous characters in her field, and highly respected by some in and out of her profession.
She is the heart beat, the centre stage character. She is like marmite, loved and disliked in equal measure. Most would say she’s a cold calculating, selfish woman simply out for herself.
I would agree and would go so far as to say, I understand why. She’s not only a woman of substance with a need to survive, but a woman who is calculating in everything she does , every decision she makes could mean life or death for herself or anyone involved with her. Death is never far away from Freida.
Her sense of fairness and need for justice is more often questioned by those who listen to gossip and are prejudging without knowing or believing who she really is. A woman who will seek the truth at any cost, even putting her own life in danger.
Freida has a caring sensitive side which is demonstrated and revealed throughout the series. She is fiercely protective of those who matter to her and exactingly precise and cold to those who don’t.
I have grown to like and admire her character, her unassuming nature and logical ability to work a situation out, perfectly demonstrated in the Saturday and Sunday books. I’m also intrigued by the relationship she has with Joseph, her handy man. It would appear there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for her. Maybe there’s a bit of romance brewing somewhere within the series, a bit of light relief would be welcomed. I have enjoyed reading these books randomly, and can’t wait to tuck into Blue Monday, book 1. I’ve given this 5 Stars as I think the continuity works well. The twist at the end of this book coincides with the rather gruesome tale told throughout. The series in which ever order one reads them has the heroin Freida at the core.
She is the heart beat, the centre stage character. She is like marmite, loved and disliked in equal measure. Most would say she’s a cold calculating, selfish woman simply out for herself.
I would agree and would go so far as to say, I understand why. She’s not only a woman of substance with a need to survive, but a woman who is calculating in everything she does , every decision she makes could mean life or death for herself or anyone involved with her. Death is never far away from Freida.
Her sense of fairness and need for justice is more often questioned by those who listen to gossip and are prejudging without knowing or believing who she really is. A woman who will seek the truth at any cost, even putting her own life in danger.
Freida has a caring sensitive side which is demonstrated and revealed throughout the series. She is fiercely protective of those who matter to her and exactingly precise and cold to those who don’t.
I have grown to like and admire her character, her unassuming nature and logical ability to work a situation out, perfectly demonstrated in the Saturday and Sunday books. I’m also intrigued by the relationship she has with Joseph, her handy man. It would appear there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for her. Maybe there’s a bit of romance brewing somewhere within the series, a bit of light relief would be welcomed. I have enjoyed reading these books randomly, and can’t wait to tuck into Blue Monday, book 1. I’ve given this 5 Stars as I think the continuity works well. The twist at the end of this book coincides with the rather gruesome tale told throughout. The series in which ever order one reads them has the heroin Freida at the core.