aeryn rose's Reviews > The Teacher

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THE PLOT

Eve is living a considerably good life; she wakes up each day, kisses her husband, and goes to teach math at the local high school. However, the previous year a student-teacher scandal rocked the community with Addie in the middle of it. Addie is hated by everyone. She is bullied, teased, and others make her life a living hell. However, when a new affair blossoms, those involved are willing to go to any length to keep it a secret. No matter what.

MY THOUGHTS

The Plot: Okay prepare for a rant review, because boy oh boy do I have a lot to say. First off, this book was like the off-brand version of My Dark Vanessa. I don't know why, but so many things, and I mean SO. MANY. THINGS. Were almost exactly like that book. It was like Freida took that plot and turned it into a thriller. QUITE LITERALLY. This book wanted to be My Dark Vanessa so fucking bad and it's NOT. That was my thought the entire time reading the book is it felt like a rip-off. Second, this book can barely be called a thriller. This is probably the LEAST thrilling thriller I have ever read. The entire 70% of the book was build-up. 70%!!! The first 70% could have been literary fiction (*cough cough My Dark Vanessa cough cough*). I'm sorry (not really) I cannot stress that point enough. The actual thriller part was SO incredibly lackluster. It was boring. It was so boring. The best thing I can say about this is that it's a fast read. The plot twist was fucking stupid. It was predictable. There was no point where I was on the edge of my seat. I never was left guessing or creating theories in my mind. There was little to no creativity here!!! Ugh it was FRUSTRATING!!!! I am so glad this was on kindle unlimited because I would NOT have purchased this as a physical copy.

The Characters: Long story short, everyone in this book is stupid and immature. Eve is beyond obsessed with shoes to the point that that's all she cares about...especially during the plot twist (IYKYK) and she was so incredibly plain. Nate was a p*dophile and he was gross, need I say any more? Addie was the most childish 16 year old I've ever read about in a book. I understand that people can be naive, but girly pop...come on. Nobody can be this stupid like she was in this book. I can't even bother to write anymore about these characters.

Overall, do not waste your time on this book. I wish I could take back the 8 hours I spent reading this because I could've used it reading something else. Normally I love Freida's books, but I cannot get past the points I made above. I think this is my least favorite of all of the books I've read by her. Highly disappointed.

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Freida don't let me down please I desperately need a good thriller 😭