Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

23 reviews

cartermon4's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What a twist!?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Stalking, Cancer, Infertility, and Vomit

maggieparedesauthor's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. Just wow. I am glad I picked up this twisty thriller. The ending literally had my mouth hanging open in surprise. Just when I thought I couldn’t be more shocked, I was. This book is a must read!

Trigger Warning: Grooming, pedophilia, abuse of authority and power, extramarital affairs/cheating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Grief, Gore, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

thelibraryofanolive's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Alcoholism, Cancer, Grief, Gore, Addiction, and Alcohol

skulls3713's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Great writing style and the ending always get you. This one was definitely a huge shock. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, and Stalking

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Torture

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Self harm, Death of parent, and Grief

berberm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Murder and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Death of parent

victoriadiesattheend's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

This would’ve been maaaaybeee a three but then we got to the epilogue. What?!?! I’ve only read one other book by Frieda McFadden but this author is the queen of plot holes. Both times she adds a twist at the very end that genuinely just makes no sense and negates all the other things she’s said about the character. She just adds one last twist for the sake of a plot twist even though it makes zero sense…. no thanks. I also guessed what would happen basically the entire book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, Cancer, and Alcoholism

astronomicall's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Bullying, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Blood

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Incredible. As a teacher, this book was haunting. Scary. But oh my goodness I had my mouth open for the entire second half of the book. I loved it and would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Pedophilia, Murder, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Deadnaming, and Confinement

djackson's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Murder

hannahs_library__'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I have so many bones to pick with this book. 

1. Snapflash... that's it 
2. NONE of the main characters were likable
3. There were so many plotholes in the ending it made me mad (AGGGTM series spoiler warning ⚠️:
   especially after reading As Good As Dead, that's not how you get away with murd3r
   )
4. Why was every single character so stupid?!
5. The ending ahshdjsj 

Ugh, definitely not my favorite Frieda McFadden book. I will say I liked the audiobook narrators!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Gaslighting and Bullying

Minor: Cancer