This week on Fictionally Unstable, we’re creeping into The Intruder by Freida McFadden. We give our ratings, stack it up against our other beloved McFadden thrillers, and discuss where it falls in her rapidly growing universe of messy families and chaotic twists. We unpack the long-term damage of the parental negligence and abuse Ella faces and how childhood trauma doesn’t magically disappear just because the story says “years later."
And since this is a judgment-free zone (except when it’s not), we also fully side-eye the mother’s hoarding habits, because at some point...you're just nasty.
Tune in and join our thriller talk!