3.75 stars! Fun quick twisty easy read. I did not see the twist coming at all which was really fun. I also loved the dual timeline and dual pov. It felt like two stories in one! And it was cool to see the two stories come together. I also really liked that one of the main characters is a psychiatrist. It was really interesting to hear psychiatrist's fun facts and hear the stories of her patients. Definitely gave me the creeps at many points!The only reason I didn't rate it higher is I've just re...

4/5 ★’s⁀➷ everybody lies. °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･･:*.ೃ࿔⋆❀°𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀i’ve never had so many trust issues in my life. freida…idk how you do it. i seriously want to crawl inside this woman’s head, but i fear i’d lose my mind within the first hour of living in there. freida is my go-to author when i want to get out of a reading slump because all of the books i read by her so far…i’ve read in less than 7 hours. once you start, you can’t stop. since it’s so hard to write a spoiler free ...

The problem I have with this book is that it's dishonest. If you reread it from the beginning, it doesn't make any sense. The MC is the killer and very familiar with the house, yet when reading from HER perspective in her own thoughts, she acts like she has never seen the house before and it's her first time inside it. Even though she gifted the painting to the psychiatrist, in her own head she acts like she's never seen it before. In her thoughts, she pretends to be suspicious of her own husban...

Check out my 10 thriller recs to read instead of Freida McFadden on YouTube💖 I read this as part of a group buddy read on Instagram which is why I didn't yeet it into outer space. One sentence review: L M F A O you're joking SYNOPSIS Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are snowed in during their viewing at the creepy, dusty, secluded mcmansion once owned by Dr. Adrienne Hale, who mysteriously disappeared without a trace four years ago. When Tricia finds her secret tapes of her sessions, she starts li...

If you like horrible writing and a plot that makes no sense then this is for you

What is with all these 4 star+ rated thrillers being so awful? I mean, I get that this book is quite compelling, especially with the use of short chapters and the psychiatrist's tape recordings to keep the pacing up... but, come on, go back and reread the first few chapters after finishing this book and tell me the twist makes sense. Because it really doesn't.So many people have recommended McFadden to me. I actually went and picked up this book and The Housemaid at the same time, but now I'm re...

A book that could’ve been so so good, if the author wasn’t desperate to throw in a twist that absolutely nobody could guess.
The only problem is - no one guessed it because it made no sense. If I read it again, knowing the twist, about 85% of the book wouldn’t add up.
Makes me feel like I just wasted my time reading this.

Ok, I’m an outlier based on the reviews so far. I don’t think the book is bad or not worth reading, it has the Freida trademark suspense vibe with a crazy twist. It actually reminded me a bit of one of her previous book that I also had trouble with for the same reason as this one. Without going into too much detail my problem was that the ending made some of the previous events unlikely. There were too many inconsistencies. The author was clever when it came to leading you in a direction that mi...

***5 STARS***

What a ride! I couldn’t put this book down until I read the last word.

Edge of your seat suspense! A captivating psychological thriller that has twists and turns galore. I thought I had it figured out but I was so wrong.

Very well written with an intricate plot and well developed characters. A must read.

★ 1 starAbsurd.Not to mention dry and tedious.Anytime someone goes house shopping and set their eyes on the people-may-or-may-not-have-died-here-but-you-can-get-it-for-a-low-low-price-of-uhmm-say-your-eternal-soul it's a plot hole for sure.It's also very possible that this was written by two people who had very different ideas. You write the intro and the middle and I'll do the ending then we'll call it a book! Exciting!Did the writer actually read the first 200 pages before she published it? —a...