Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Coworker by Freida McFadden

18 reviews

bettymer91's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Blood

dkamada's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

Chilling! Fast paced and lots of twists

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Ableism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Chronic illness

charlotte_helen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Another excellent thriller written by Freida McFadden. I especially enjoyed the dual POV and how it flicked between Natalie and emails written from Dawn in the past. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, Child death, Infidelity, Grief, Mental illness, Blood, Violence, Self harm, and Bullying

booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Grief, Stalking, Suicide, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Suicide attempt

ccrowley18's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved Dawn Schiff! What a multi-dimensional character. I loved this. Guessed the ‘twist’ from the start but that ending honestly left me with chills. This was definitely a creepy one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Murder, and Bullying

djackson's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

kyrstin_p1989's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While not my favorite of her books, this one still packed a punch. All of McFadden’s novels read so easily, I fly right through them. Many of the chapters end in tiny cliffhangers and they’re short,  so it’s easy to keep plowing through the story. This thriller/mystery did not surprise me as much as some of the ones I’ve read in the past. It did have a twist, but it wasn’t an unexpected one to me so I think that dropped this book in my eyes as far as the rating goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Ableism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Violence

rsagarin's review

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Ableism, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Alcohol

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I was enjoying this book until the last chapter before the epilogue. It was like the author gave up on the story. There was so much more I was expecting it would unravel. Big disappointment!, especially given hopes many of the McFadden’s other books I really liked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Murder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infertility