Dear Debbie
by Freida McFadden
Told entirely through letters and diary entries, the story follows Debbie as she makes increasingly unhinged decisions while narrating them to us with complete self-awareness and zero intention of stopping. A thriller in the form of a correspondence that keeps escalating.
“I know how this looks. I just don’t care.”
What It Actually Felt Like
This was such a fun read. Debbie is chaotic and she knows it and that self-awareness makes her more entertaining not less. The epistolary format keeps things moving at a pace that feels almost illicit, like you’re reading something you weren’t supposed to have access to.
The pacing never dips. It doesn’t drag or lose its thread. For a book structured around letters and journal entries that’s genuinely impressive.
The Honest Part
It’s a fun thriller, not a deep one. Don’t come looking for complexity. Come for Debbie doing entirely too much.
Who This Is For
McFadden fans and anyone who enjoys an fun thriller with a chaotic narrator. Light, fun, fast.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Debbie was unhinged AF and I loved every second of it.
Tags thriller, epistolary, dark humor, fast-paced, mood: entertaining
