Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

23 reviews

fink1129's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I typically look at a list of trigger warnings and have no concerns. I went in blind and ooofff, I was uncomfy! Such an incredible book, twists and turns, I was on the edge of my seat from the start!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Child abuse

Minor: Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Bullying, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, Deportation, Gore, Grief, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Stalking

yellowcape'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

What more is there to say beyond it was my first read of the year (354 pages on my kindle) and I read it in less than 24hrs. I devoured it to be honest. 

This is like everything Verity wishes it was. Our protagonist actually had a personality (yay!) and the ENTIRE plot did not revolve around her destroying a marriage while being astronomically horny. 

I really enjoyed this book, it wasn’t the wildest ride in the sense of the twist wasn’t anything you couldn’t see coming, butttt it was paced really well, every little detail added up nicely and it was clearly thoroughly planned out before writing (something I can’t say I feel about Verity - which was verifiably the worst thing I’ve ever read and I’ve read some enjoyable trash). Everything was tied up nicely into a little bow and I’m looking forward to reading the sequel, which I think will be more on the trashy side but hey, it’s winter break it’s the perfect time for some trash. 

If you want a quick easy thriller, that will have you gasping audibly, but doesn’t require too much thought to follow to burn though, I’d thoroughly recommend :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Gore, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Child abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Body shaming, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

0ldoini's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infertility and Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent and Deportation

lilla_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

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

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

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Deportation and Death of parent

chellski's review

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

<spolier> poor CeCe. Everyone else was an absolute bellend. He's abusive because he was abused? Piss off. What was the weird bigotry towards Enzo

The writing wasn't for me. Repetitive and overly descriptive of random objects. Everytime Millie picked up a phone I cringed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Deportation, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, and Racism

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: Blood, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Body horror

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

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Minor: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Deportation, and Infertility

veekay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A fast read that I think suffers from very poor copyediting. None of the characters are likeable throughout the majority of the book. It's still a fun read! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Infertility

Minor: Deportation

Regarding infertility,

there are repeated, unsympathetic descriptions of infertility. The character isn't actually suffering from infertility, but other characters' reactions are pretty cruel.