Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

La femme de ménage by Freida McFadden

47 reviews

laurenlo29's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, and Deportation

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Deportation

sldibened's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

crystal689's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicide attempt and Death of parent

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

shadymist's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Honestly this is the best book I have read so far this year! So many twists and turns that make the reader keep going. I finished the book the same day I started it. That should tell you how much worthwhile this book was to read! Frieda Mcfadden is a truly gifted author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Death of parent

wrappingpaper's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don’t usually read thrillers but I saw this book when I was out shopping and remembered Haley Pham recommended it so I decided to go for it. In the end, I’m glad I did. 

Imo it started off pretty slowly and only really started picking up around halfway, but once you get past all the tension building it gets good. 
I wasn’t really a fan of Millie, however after we (spoiler?) got Nina’s pov of the whole story, I got pretty invested and basically flew through the second half. 
Overall I enjoyed it, the characters did end up growing on me as we understood them better. I didn’t really see the twists coming from afar and they were actually good and made sense within the story. I recommend if you’re looking for a fairly quick and engaging read and like (spoiler) seeing evil men get punished for their actions 🫡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

contains a lot of gaslighting

vj_thompson's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

This was a pretty solid thriller. I’d recommend this to anyone wanting to dip their toes into the genre. I guessed the overall twist but it was still a wild ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Blood, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

callistabanks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

This book was crazy town. I loved it. It was very unexpected. I HATED Nina to the point where it made it hard to read. But that’s exactly how McFadden wanted it. This was a very clever book and such an interesting read. The last comments from Andrew’s parents really threw me, I’m sorta worried for his dad tbh, also for Cece considering she spent a lot of time with Evelyn…
This was a very fun read and I loved the ending, there were a few twists and turns that got me but it was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

laia_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent