Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

167 reviews

booksandpasta's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Violence

sarah_bettina's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Murder, Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Classism, and Fatphobia

Minor: Stalking, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

erinbahrenfuss's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.25

The twist was a lot more “in my face” and predictable than I was expecting, but it did not fail to keep me engaged. I was unable to put the book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Torture, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Abandonment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Blood, and Deportation

emeralddreamer's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Classism, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Sexism, Infertility, Emotional abuse, and Death

hmwoodward's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

The first book club selection of the year went by fast! The book starts at the end and you are left to try and piece it together before it is all over. You definitely are led to believe the story will take you one way and then it takes you another. I don't want to spoil it, but it doesn't go exactly how I anticipated it would at the start.

Was this the best book I'll read this year? No. But I definitely enjoyed the ride and would recommend it to others (who are ok with the large number of content warnings applied here).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Vomit, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Excrement, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent

fluffik's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

Insanely well written, horrifying story that I couldn't put down.

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Content Warnings

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

nordicat's review

challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Forced institutionalization

cole_anthony's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Murder, and Sexual content

demy_summer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Bullying, Rape, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Infertility, Violence, and Infidelity

missinfermiera's review against another edition

dark 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Misogyny, Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault