Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Coworker by Freida McFadden

23 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

bechlette47'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Frieda McFadden is an amazing mystery/thriller writer. I enjoyed the plot twists! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

This was an 'ok' book. Not bad but, definitely, not great. The plot was sloppy and kinda confusing towards the end. And predictable: when we read Natalie's perspective of things and then read Dawn's messages there are so little things in common that I understood the plot. The only thing left was understanding the 'why' and when I got there it was just 'ok'.

I was expecting more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Abandonment and Vomit

rcarr14's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Minor: Gaslighting and Injury/Injury detail

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

lmayfieldx's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Mental illness, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Ableism

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

enzopudge's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Murder, Bullying, Blood, and Gaslighting

jpfortmiller's review

dark mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicide and Toxic friendship