One by One by Freida McFadden - Book Review and Chat
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
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I just finished this book and I was amazed of the ending. Throughout the book, I thought the anonymous was Jack he seemed to know about the berries, the magnet, and having the survival supplies. The shorter hair and hair cut and wearing the baseball cap in chapter 21 made me believe it was a boy. When it was revealed who it was, it surprised me. They turned on Claire because they felt once again disappointed.
Wasn’t it obvious when Claire remarked how Lindsey’s corpse was still warm? 😂
Yeah, it was a little underwhelming. At times I felt hooked- but overall the writing was super repetitive. Still, it was a fun and easy read!
Fun and easy for sure! I just finished The Inmate by same author and loved it! Have you read it?
No I haven't! I'll check it out :) @@HeathersBookReview
Great review! I remember reading this one a year ago when I was on some pain medication, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I'm thinking the pain meds contributed greatly to that 😂 cuz your review is spot on.
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LMAO this made me truthfully laugh out loud 🤣 and thanks! It’s Maybelline liquid lip and the shade is Revolutionary 😍
I totally agree with you! It's my least favorite of hers. Her books are easy to binge but the plot twists are just not believable.
Yes that’s exactly how I feel!!
The whole thing about her son and the wolves I didn't really mind since it only takes up a few sentences. If it had been a bigger part of the story maybe I'd been questioning it. But also I think it was more about how young children typically get fascinated with animals and want to learn all sorts of basic facts that adults may know but are new to children.
Leaving the body is a plot contrivance, but for the situation they found themselves in (based on the thinking she was dead) I don't know what one is to expect. They forage on carrying the corpse? Stick it in the dead car? I don't know, I didn't mind it. I read it as more of a setup for a setting where you lose a bit of your humanity in order to do what you need to do to survive.
I do appreciate your perspective though, it gave me things to think about. I do wonder though how you dislike so much about this book, but enjoyed never lie, which speaking about repetitiveness, a character's constant reminders about their love of cashmere are all over. And its twist only works if we accept that the first 2/3rds of the book effectively lied to the reader about one of the characters.
Great points!!! Have you read The Teacher? I just read it and boy do I have a lot of thoughts… 😅
Its on the way, I guess since I am only just getting into adult reading so some may view me as a casual but I enjoy McFadden more than most experienced readers, particularly book UA-cam haha
commenting again to say I finished it...Boy that last act looked like it was getting somewhere, and then pulls the rug on itself in the last few chapters. But I still had fun.
I loved the book
Awwww Heather my Lovely I totally agree 👏...that was my third Freida book , I have one more in my stash to go ..The wife upstairs..and then that will be my very last one I will read even if I see allll the regular hype for another book of hers (bless her) , I will not weaken . 😜 ( Ohhh and the body left 😱...heck you are spot on ..👏..made me soooo mad . 😤😆)
This was my third as well! I think I bought a few more when I cancelled my Audible membership so I’ll have to truck through those still too 🤣 OMG the body scene had me rolling my eyes 😂
I didn't like this one either! Never lie by her is unbelievable but such a fun and twisty read!
They are definitely quick reads!! Never Lie has probably been my favorite
Have you read her other book The Inmate? It was pretty good.
I actually just finished it and I agree, it was so good!!!
i search a review of this book to jus see if anyone thought this was as ridiculous as i did lol this my third book of hers.. the first i read was Perfect Son which i really enjoyed ..
so decided try another which was Perfect Lie and i was like eh, but still liked the thriller vibe, but THIS was ridiculous lol i literally said to my bf at the end “i feel like i just finished a bad lifetime movie” 😂 that seems to be a theme of hers.. she gives these anonymous backgrounds and hints int he current story to make u think one way, and the twist is like RIDICULOUSLY unrelated lol it worked for The Perfect Son for me
This made me LOL! I feel the same about the plots and things being outrageous! The books I've enjoyed are The Housemaid's Secret and The Inmate. The others have been misses for me
I was not a fan of this book either. Very unbelievable and a major reach.
Absolutely!! I will say, I just finished The Inmate by same author and it was pretty good, first book I actually enjoyed of theirs🤣
This was one of the worst books I ever read. The premise was ridiculous, the dialogue was horrible, the twist was stupid. I figured it out right away and this book took a lot of liberties... Best thing about the book was I read it so quickly so the pain was over fairly fast.
Lmao 🤣🤣 agreed on a lot of what you said! Not sure if you’ve read anything else from this author but if not, I’d recommend staying away because her dialogue really doesn’t improve in any of her books… 🫠
I am reading The Coworker now.
I haven't read that one, did you end up enjoying it?