The Coworker

The Coworker

Freida McFadden

Original language EN

7.27.2 / 10
Score out of 10206 ratingsConfidence 58%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
368
Pages
about 7 h
Reading time
  • NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #4

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About the book

"Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone at work thinks so. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrel--beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running--is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything. Now, Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim? But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff enough to killl"--

Where the score comes from

The sources average 6.9 across 206 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.2 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover6.9206 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “I was kind of expecting more from McFadden... I feel like it should have ended around the halfway point after the big reveal, really didn't care for the ending”

    ★ 2/5spookySurgeon on Hardcover

  • “As an accountant myself, I do not approve this message. It was alright. I kinda want it to be a bit more grand but I feel like it just kinda fell flat.”

    ★ 3/5cloudymoon on Hardcover

Frequently asked

How long is The Coworker?

It has 368 pages — shorter than 66% of the ranked books in Thriller.

In this book

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