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The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

32 reviews

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Infertility, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual violence, Rape, and Mental illness

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Confinement, Torture, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Self harm, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, and Fatphobia

booksalacarte's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The housemaid- 4.75⭐️ 2🌶️

Dual pov

Thriller

Forbidden love

Surprises twist

This is such a good book. The foreshadowing was really well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Infertility, Body horror, Medical trauma, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Torture, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, and Death

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

pelzers1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Sexual violence

sporadicallybookish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual violence

moodreadererin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was a treat . I found this to be a medium to fast pace read . I liked the build up of the story before the twist hits . How these unlikable characters somehow get explained . I liked how it showed that life isn't black and white  . I rated it 4.5 stars for those reasons . I didn't rate it five because I felt like there was points where the pace did drag for me . I do reccomend this for anyone looking for a good fun female empowered thriller . Check trigger warnings .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Infertility, Child abuse, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

imnotadorableimpunk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

readwithloz's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Stop whatever you're doing and get yourself a copy of this book. 

As a thriller lover it can be difficult to blow my mind and make me fall back in love with reading, but Freida McFadden so easily achieved that with The Housemaid. 

Every potential plot hole was filled with flawlessly thought out explanations, those TWISTS I just did not see every time, not knowing who I could trust & what everyone's motive was... just perfect. 

The second book has been instantly ordered and I cannot wait to read more by Freida McFadden; any recommendations are more than welcome! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infertility, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

_gess_reads_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The whole romance bit really took me by surprise and it almost made dnf cus I am so not here for it. I did guess the plot twist correctly at some point, but that didn't spoil the book for me. The build up was nicely done, the unravelling of secrets and Millie's as well as Nina's past had the right pace, it also didn't feel as if it came out of nowhere - everything made sense at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Minor: Deportation