A review by kdickerson38
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

  • Tropes/themes:
    • Dual POV
    • Dual timeline
    • Short chapters 
    • Secrets
    • Trust
    • Naive/gullible/weak FMC (can’t stand this and it’s in all of Freida’s books 😩)
  • A page-turning suspense. 
  • Fast paced and intriguing. 
  • Kept my attention
  • I didn’t think I was going to like this, based on the first chapter alone, but I was pleasantly mistaken. 
  • Definitely fell for the red herrings; wasn’t predictable despite initially thinking it was. 
  • The twist at the end was really great. I loved it. 
  • The ending itself felt unsatisfying though. 
  • Content warnings:
    • Murder
    • Blood
    • Death
    • Domestic abuse
    • Stalking
    • Alcoholism
    • Sexual assault/harassment
    • Animal cruelty
    • Gaslighting