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tamtaro's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Murder, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Fatphobia, Confinement, Body shaming, and Classism
rachelle_reads's review against another edition
3.75
This was a propulsive read. Definitely a page turner. I never did fall in love with the characters, but by the end, they were almost believable and the book was fine.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia
gracefulraven's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Torture, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Infidelity, Confinement, and Death
Minor: Deportation, Fatphobia, and Vomit
abbiey34's review
- 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
3.0
The ending was pretty poor in my opinion. Turned into a Maid Husband Killer, which made me laugh out of embarrassment for the author decision. I personally don’t understand the hype. The torture scenes where really uncalled for too. Pretty specific and random torture scenes, and again became laughable at times with how weird it was.
I wouldn’t recommend reading this if you have read Verity as there are a lot of similarities that are just too annoying. I would love to know who wrote what first! But, if you haven’t read Verity, then I would read The Housemaid first, and then dive into Verity!
Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Infertility, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Death, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
nialiversuch's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Death, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Infidelity, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Child death, and Death of parent
omgmkg's review
- 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
4.0
Well written and a fast read. Would consider picking up book 2.
Would have earned at least another .25 stars if it wouldn’t have mentioned how horribly fat (aka size 14 maybe 16, gasp) Nina is every 20 pages. (I know her body changing was part of her story but I got it the first three times).
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Child abuse, Infertility, Murder, and Rape
Minor: Vomit
erinsbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, and Torture
Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Violence, Bullying, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny
wegs's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming
annabelleg's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Fatphobia, Torture, Body shaming, Murder, Physical abuse, and Confinement
Moderate: Infertility and Violence
loudo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Self harm, Suicide, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Classism, Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Mental illness, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Torture, and Vomit
Minor: Deportation, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence