Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

60 reviews

kyaranelson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Infidelity, and Murder

lianathereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Violence, Confinement, and Infidelity

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Another fantastic thriller! This time around I guessed some, but not all of the plot twists! I could not put this book down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body shaming, and Infertility

Minor: Suicide

alex_bousquet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Is the sequel to the housemaid but is 90% the same book and that is kind of annoying because all the twists are right there and have no shock value. Hesitant to read the third book when that comes out later this year. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia

vbarker91's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Infertility, and Gun violence

sydoodle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.25

these books are very shallow and surface level mysteries but you know what? i'm having fun. thank you freida

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

besidemyshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Confinement, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Vomit, and Mental illness

readyforit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

3⭐️0.25🌶️ (closed door)
The first book was better and made more sense to me. I did predict some of the twists due to

chekhov’s gun.

I’m so glad we got to see Millie happy and with some good people in her life, even if her jobs can be dangerous. Ultimately a bittersweet ending all around but happy for Millie. I’m curious to read the next book in the series when it comes out to see if it follows the same formula. I feel like this book was more predictable than the first for me, although I’ll say I’m not usually a thriller reader so maybe they’re all like that. I probably won’t reread because the fun of thrillers are the plot twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Infertility

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Classism, Domestic abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Stalking, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

Minor: Self harm, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy