Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

44 reviews

booksalacarte's review

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

lcesario's review

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? It's complicated

4.0

It was really good, I didn’t expect the twist and turns that happened in the last 100 pages of the book. The author did a great job making me feel some thing towards the characters whether I liked or hated them was up to their design. The ending is good, but feels almost feels rushed at the end. Overall, I had a great time reading this, and I didn’t expect the ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Slavery

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Infidelity

lovealwaysadi's review

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

sofiasco's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Murder, Sexism, Child abuse, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexual content

cassie_amberger's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Classism

peachani's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Murder, Torture, Infertility, Ableism, Classism, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Blood, Gore, and Medical content

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

pinkyoshi'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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse

pageafter_paige's review

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

minimicropup's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I worried this was going to be a disappointing read because of the hype on Amazon, but it was far from it. I was totally engaged and I like that the writing is enough to set the scene and develop characters but leaves space for the reader to add to it with their own imaginings. If you like revenge tropes in thrillers you may like this one - not saying anything more! The complexities of abusive relationships and how the abused can become abusers in some way or feel entitled to treat others a certain way is really well presented without justifying abuse, victim blaming, or going too far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Classism, Gaslighting, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infertility, Child abuse, Classism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Deportation