Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

5 reviews

permanme's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Violence, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism and Stalking

Minor: Chronic illness

codenamemomnextdoor's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Read this for book club. It definitely made me cringe with the teacher student age gap situation, but I pushed past it and had to keep reading once I hit the half way mark. The second half of the book was chaotic and unhinged in a good way. Felt like I was reading a movie. Lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Stalking, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

cocochanel5's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

This is such an easy ready. And the plot twists just kept coming. I do have questions about the ending . 

 I should have checked the TW (which I have a bad habit of not doing) I really hate sexual content with minors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Stalking, Murder, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Gaslighting

klenda_vee's review

dark emotional tense

• 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

3.0

VERY rough read in the middle because of the nature of the material, almost DNF.  But everything pulls together and very much sticks the landing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Murder, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness

leahka89's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Cancer, and Pregnancy