Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

235 reviews

key2's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Rape

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Pretty good but kind of

predictable in the sense that you could feel a twist coming/ that things weren't exactly as they seem.

A bit slow to start

Took me a bit to get used to the main character's Brooklyn accent in the audiobook.

A lot of uncomfortable scenes

like Nina berating Millie, also some like very mild body horror

wish we go a bit more into the psychology of the main antagonist, aside from them having been abused by their mother in the same way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Rape, Infertility, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Vomit, Gore, Blood, and Body horror

someone is forced to pull out their hair strand by strand and someone is forced to pull out their teeth

alyssams884's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Infertility

svalles's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Torture, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Physical abuse

aschmitttyy's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

One of my favorite thrillers I've ever read. The amount of detail that went into the plot line, and the way it wrapped up was just insane. Will be recommending this book to everyone who loves a thriller! Looking forward to reading more of Freida.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, and Infertility

amberjackonski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Infertility

penguins_save_lives'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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Murder, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Gaslighting, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Confinement

mikasana's review against another edition

dark 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

I was expecting more mystery but got 100% thriller. 💀 I listened to this as an audiobook and enjoyed Millie’s VA. 

The book itself was a bit too disturbing for me… I almost didn’t finish because of all the cringe of the first half. The second half got me good but… ugh. The stress was unreal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, and Infidelity

Moderate: Infertility

michealasharp's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Infertility

laurareads_bcn's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

Definitely a page turner once you get into the story, even if some parts were kinda predictable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship