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The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

22 reviews

ghi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Eating disorder, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

jessthemess8112's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this read! I definitely was not expecting the ending however, I feel like Enzo's character was kind of a throwaway. He didn't add any real value to the storyline and could've been written much better. I also wish we would've gotten more background on the main character. We get small snippets of her past but not enough to really paint a whole picture as to why she does things the way she does or how she got involved in the lifestyle.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

drybay's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

The book kept me entertained, but I cannot really compliment it on its literary accomplishements. It was quite frustrating how Millies situation hadn't really changed from the first book, the writing style was a bit pretentious from time to time and I'm still a bit on the fence about the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide

kfquarium's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Excrement, and Vomit

anasapo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Body shaming, and Alcohol

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Gripped. Start to finish. I loved the Housemaid but somehow, this was better. You didn’t really need to have read the housemaid to read this - apart from knowing Millie’s backstory. But both books are 5*. I genuinely didn’t see either twist coming!!!! Amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Infertility, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Blood

dezaraemd's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infertility, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Vomit

lisa07xie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I really liked it I did not expect that to happen and I love Enzo so much and how he called brock broccoli omg that was so funny! It was really twisty and I am so happy for Milly but she did not deserve what happened to her she is such a good person! I am so excited to read the third book of this series! I would recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Murder, Vomit, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

typedtruths's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

 

#1) The Housemaid ★★☆☆☆

much better than book one but my favourite part was still enzo calling brock 'broccoli'


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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Infertility, Vomit, Sexual assault, Rape, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

➸ Trigger warnings for fatmisia & body-shaming, classism, attempted rape, infidelity (on-page), discussions of domestic abuse and violence, disordered eating & food thoughts including calorie counting and food shaming, suicidal ideation, alcohol consumption, infertility mentioned, blood depiction, emesis, death of a mother from a stroke mentioned, murder by gun & knife violence, physical assault, stalking, incarceration for physical assault mentioned, and poverty & financial difficulties discussed Context: The protagonist's employee has her whatever-a-male-mistress-is-called pretend to be an abusive, violent husband. This includes physical abuse, attempted strangulation, electronic monitoring, and food deprivation. Mentions of the protagonist working to free previous clients from domestic abuse situations, including murdering the abuser when necessary. Her neighbour attempts to rape her and she pushes him down the stairs. The police do not believe her and victim-blame. Her ex-boyfriend hides drugs in his apartment in revenge, and her neighbour goes to jail for drug possession. The protagonist was in jail for assaulting her friend's rapist because he died from his injuries. Wendy, the protagonist's employer, also didn't tell her real husband that she was unable to get pregnant, even though he believed they were trying to have a child (hide spoiler)].

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved the first book so much but I didn't keep my hopes up too high for this because I have read quite a few Freida McFadden books since then and none of them have been as fantastic as The Housemaid. I loved that book.

This one wasn't as good. It wasn't bad either.

We all now that McFadden loves a twist. The twist wasn't bad but it also wasn't the twist I was hoping for (which I suppose is counterintuitive because if it was what I wanted to happen, then it wouldn't have been a surprise but whatever).

I think the reason the previous book worked so well wasn't because of the twist that the man was the villain - it was the twist in which we find out Millie is a badass. That twist was so empowering. This time around, we already know what Millie is capable of so the author had to go a different route. And it worked fine but instead of feeling empowered I mostly felt really stressed out.

Is it worth reading? Yes. Should you rush right into it after The Housemaid? Probably not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Confinement, Murder, Gun violence, Blood, and Death