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The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

19 reviews

becks444's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Toxic relationship

taylorp98's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Blood, Violence, and Gun violence

purplesky25276's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this sequel.  I loved how it was different from the last one. I like the different approach to this second book. The characters were fantasticly done well. This book was well written.  The storyline was a masterpiece.  I can't wait for the next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Torture, Murder, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Police brutality, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Blood, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Torture, Infidelity, Bullying, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Abandonment, Suicide, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

kotletka_polina's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I’m honestly surprised to see so many extremely positive reviews. I hated literally all the characters because they’re flat and boring, the main character Millie gets dumber with each book and I felt secondhand embarrassment numerous times while reading, some of the characters where just fillers that only had purpose for one scene in the book but you have to tolerate them for the rest of the story. 
The plot is more entertaining than in the first book, the ending is not as predictable but there’re some plot holes. I think when you write from an antagonist perspective you have to make them deep so the story and their motivations are interesting but in this case “the villain” is one-dimensional and irritating. 
Overall, it was an emotional rollercoaster, because, on the one hand, the plot and twist are intriguing but, on the other hand, characters are flat, unlikeable, annoying, many of their decisions are questionable, some of the plot points are over the top and therefore not believable. I’m not sure I’ll pick up the third book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual assault, Vomit, Infertility, Infidelity, Police brutality, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

hollyval2306'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

millie is lowkey my babygirl now. very similar to the housemaid and lowkey guessed the part of the plot twist early on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment

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

julianairving'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? It's complicated

4.0

I liked this more than the first. A more interesting mystery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

kayla_222's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide, Murder, Vomit, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

wrappingpaper'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Freida McFadden is the queen of super fast paced twisty thrillers. 
I absolutely flew through this book. While the plot is quite unrealistic at times, I still enjoyed it a lot - the plot twists totally got me. 
Would recommend, especially if you’re looking for a read you can easily finish in one night!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Alcohol, and Eating disorder

bri__'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

In my opinion this was much better than the first one, due to the plot being more enjoyable. I was very gripped in this story before the halfway mark, Freida sure knows how to keep things suspenseful. Loved the difference in pov and the parallels between the prologue and epilogue throughout the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Toxic relationship