Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

39 reviews

payburwell05's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Saw it compared to The Silent Patient quite a bit and it was no where near as good but it was still a nice read. Definitely saw the ending coming though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Torture, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.0

What a wild ride. So many twists I didn’t really see coming. One of the better thrillers I’ve read in quite awhile. Creepy and just a notch past sanity so it seems like it could really happen. The ending is such a feminist feel good ending. Can’t wait to check out more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

kierstyn's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

was a 5 ⭐ the entire way through until the end. wtf was the end. sooooo unrealistic. 

was a super fast read though, which is what drew me to it. finished this in 3 days and my last book took me 18 days to finish lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Self harm

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexism, Medical content, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Stalking

vanella's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, and Vomit

pinkyoshi'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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse

mariareviews's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

loved every second of it. highkey a new favourite.
it has some aspects that could’ve been improved before publishing but meh. reading it feels like watching those old scary movies where the characters make stupid decisions and you’re just like “b-tch tf? don’t do that” and they do it anyways lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Fatphobia, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent

readingwithjass's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Confinement, Death, Torture, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

mheiling's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Self harm, Body shaming, Suicide, Stalking, Infidelity, Infertility, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Deportation, and Grief