Review by annebowers - The Boyfriend

annebowers 's review for:

The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden

1.5

mysterious reflective sad 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

<SPOILER> I literally hate thrillers and the writing in this was absolutely TERRIBLE. At times it felt like this was a high school english class project. I also didn’t like how Tom killing his dad was such a huge deal and then SO quickly brushed over in like a paragraph. like ??? That’s massive and was a story line throughout the whole book? Also if Tom is also a psycho then why did him and Daisy break up in the first place? Like I wanna know what happened, was it because she killed Slug? Ig that’s assumed.

ALSO SYDNEY IS LITERALLY DUMB. Girl, get a restraining order. CALL THE POLICE. MOVE!!! MOOOOVEEE!!! I would literally leave NYC and move back in w my parents fr like this girl is SO DUMB and she STAYED LIVING THERE AFTERWARDS?? BY HERSELF?? Get out of here.

Positives: the twist was good, something I wasn’t expecting. Also, it was very fast paced so I got through it quickly. </SPOILER>

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