BATB score: 10/10 🤯 *reader discretion advised* BATB does not like fiction and rarely rate the work of fiction fairly but wow oh wow boy oh boy goodie 💙 Best as: a page turner thriller, suspense, cringey, twisties and turns book 🔑 Best to: oh thank god that it does not end on a cliffhanger but is complete on it’s own - good night 💤 sweet dreams Best for: who is Freida McFadden? why have I not heard of you? where have I been? BATB lingering thought: Freida McFadden has wri

BATB score: 10/10 🤩 omg Freida McFadden! you did it again! 👏 Best to: just when I thought I can predict your ways of writing and outsmart your suspense, you kept me on my tip toes 💯 unable to put this book down must finish reading in one sitting Best as: Freida McFadden is a physician specializing in brain injury and is a splendid author of addictive, unpredictable thriller fictions BATB lingering thought: oh thank god that you didn’t end each book on a painful cliffhanger

BATB score: 9/10 🤯 it’s uber difficult to land an epic sequel, so I had the lowest expectations, but boom boom clap! Freida! who are you?! you did it again! Best to: Freida McFadden (ahh it’s only a pen name), Harvard graduate, practicing physician specializing in brain injury, is a fantastic thriller author BATB lingering thought: maybe doctors make the best thriller psychological authors? Best as: total 11 years of writing 27 books and finally getting her international fam

BATB Score: 6/10 🫥 Freida McFadden, girl, this one.. wasn’t great - but but, I still believe in you and will continue to read your other older pieces! Best as: it is never easy to nail a trilogy and this volume iii wasn’t giving Best to: if you have never read any of Freida McFadden’s work and if you are going to only read one and one only, please read “Never Lie” 💯 Best for: well, if you have read volume i and ii, you might as well finish volume iii and have some closure i

BATB Score: 6/10 🍎 🔪 okay but not wow Best to: Freida McFadden’s latest 2024 work “The Teacher” book number 27; wow imagine making 27 unique masterpieces Best as: once you have your hands down best seller best book ever “Never Lie”, it is truly difficult to compete with your own legacy BATB lingering thoughts: people expects more from you all the time and it’s insane and exhausting to always one up oneself - better to please no one Best for: reading Freida McFadden for the

BATB score: 6/10 🖤 Best as: okie I think I’ve cracked Freida McFadden’s writing style! first 150 pages: character build up but basically nothing much meh meh bleh bleh second 50 pages: some mystery that makes you question every character eh who is who last third 50 pages: close to figuring out the truth (you think!) start questioning yourself whether this book was even worth the read final 30 pages: surprise! last 5 page: another surprise!!! epilogue 3 pages: and another sur

BATB Score: 10/10 👏 Freida McFadden, girlfriend, you did it again! Best as: wow what a come back International Thriller Writers Award; book published Oct 2024, ending on a high note 🎵 that perfectly concludes 2024 👏 Best to: know that Freida McFadden is a pen name; the real author is a physician specializing in brain injury; this serial murder mystery with all the details of the human anatomy is truly juicy Best for: if you are in to fiction, thriller, psychopaths, murders

BATB score: 6/10 👩‍⚕️ 🩸 Freida McFadden, girlfriend, this book wasn’t it Best to: a re-edit of her book Suicide Med 2014 with 20% plot optimizations and cutdowns; Dead Med 2024 was still 450+ pages long and was sorta kinda almost but not a hit Best for: if you haven’t read anything Frieda McFadden, check out The Housemaid, The Boyfriend, or Never Lie first and foremost Best as: oiii so many characters and intertwined stories, readers must try to keep up BATB lingering thoug

BATB score: 7/10 🧍‍♂️ wahhh.. almost there but didn’t quite hit the spot - so close! Best to: Freida McFadden signature style writing - hook the reader into this suspense, mystery, theories on how the story is going to unveil itself for 250+ pages alongside the confused main character; and then surprise, after surprise, after surprise until the epilogue - all your guesses are wrong wa ga ga! Best as: you are invested, you read this far, you need to know, you will finish this

BATB score: 9/10 👏 oh my god Freida! girlfriend WTF, my stomach churns, shortage of breathe, need to pause, need to slow down, and need to digest, before you reveal the truth Best to: an extremely moving read, welcome to Freida McFadden’s signature writing style, that moves your brain, your heart, your gut Best as: I strongly believe that reading a book is supposed to be like this, it’s supposed to be fun, one that you can’t put the book down, one that you don’t regret readi

BATB score: 7/10 👠 okay but not wow Best for: McFans - Freida McFadden’s fan club to might as well read everything that she has ever written (all 27 books and counting) because why not 🤷‍♀️ Best as: a blueprint on plotting against your coworker; I never liked my coworkers anyways - office bullying is a real deal Beat to: okay, I hate some of my coworkers and do wish them the very worst Best quote: “never give other people the satisfaction of seeing you cry.”

BATB score: 9/10 BATB linger thought: Freida’s real mother was the first person to read the first draft of this book and she said “wow”; sometimes we all need a wow Best to: read an academic book and then read a Frieda McFadden book or else you will just be too smart for life Best as: it’s like I try to guess what’s going to happen and still completely missed it Best for: McFans Best quote: “I’m done living in the fast lane. Done rushing to make deadlines and getting pushed d

BATB score: 4/10 🥶 Best as: meh. this book was below average for Freida McFadden Best to: read something else, don't worry I forgive you Best for: McFans; to support and read everything Freida McFadden the moment it is release ie. January 2025!

BATB score: 5/10 🤷‍♀️ Best to: meh Best as: meh Best for: meh BATB lingering thought: meh, I guess we should pause reading Frieda McFadden’s books for a while