Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

39 reviews

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, Infertility, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Fatphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual content

redefiningrachel's review

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

maddyrec's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? No

5.0

First thoughts- THANK GOD FOR ENZZO!!! I love him! 


As crazy as Nina seemed in the beginning I actually kind of liked her character. I didn’t like the way she treated Millie but I knew something was going to happen; her behavior was too extreme. The ending was twisty and unexpected! My exact words were, “What?! That’s how it ends???” 

I enjoyed that there were multiple characters and points of view in the story yet it was easy to follow. I never found myself confused and that’s important to me. At Part 2 was when it really started to pick up pace, so hang in there if you’re feeling like the first chunk is slow! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Confinement, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Infertility, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow this book was so good but I wouldn’t expect anything less from my girl Freida! Each chapter left me wanting more and there were so many twists keeping me engaged. I love to hate each character in this book yet Freida’s got me empathizing with each one. The change in perspective kept the book fresh and flushed everything out. I will be reading the sequel VERY soon!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Classism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

_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

nicoleolander's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Abandonment, Confinement, Infidelity, Torture, and Body horror

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

jackiesspookyshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

smalika's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

part 1 felt rushed and monotonous at the same time. it felt very formulaic up until the end - twist was good! definitely wasn’t expecting it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Torture, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Blood