Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

10 reviews

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

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

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

annabelleg's review against another edition

There was quite a lot of reference to medical stuff at the start of the book and I was unable to find out if this continues, as this is a content warning that I try to avoid I felt best to stop readin

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

sing1133'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

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Infertility, and Murder

Moderate: Classism and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Chronic 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

kyrstin_p1989's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Like the other book in this series, this had lots of twists and turns, many of which I didn’t anticipate. It was interesting and vicious and terrifyingly possible. The characters are a bit unloveable but complex and intriguing.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Stalking

minimicropup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Blood, and Body shaming

ky001113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Terminal illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infertility, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Gun violence