Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

22 reviews

lola218_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship

ellaticonstellation's review

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Damn! This book hooked me. It was written in a way where I craved for more. Highly addictive to say the least. I couldn't stop reading. This is my third book from Freida and I thoroughly enjoyed this one more than the other two. Nina and Millie were both smart women who fell for the wrong guy. Good thing Enzo helped out. I thought he was undercover or something. Lol. God. It turned so dark, I had chills. Men like Andrew disgusted me. Who does that? Oh, one thing I wasn't crazy about was the police turned out to be Andy's ex's father. It was a bit too coincidental. But oh well, because of him, the women were free. Dear Cece will never be punished by a monster. The abuse stopped when he died and he turned that way because of Evelyn, his mother. And Millie's mission to help more women continues to the next book. I can't wait to read more. Thank you, Doc. (I heard in a book group on Fb that she's a doctor)✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Infertility, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

loudo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

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

xanaouro's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

ajhowe2's review

dark tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Deportation, Confinement, Medical trauma, Classism, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Death

hannahcstocks's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Confinement, Torture, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Self harm, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, and Fatphobia

bloomintwithyou's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexism, and Medical trauma

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

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

🇳🇱: wauw... dit boek heeft me echt weggeblazen! Ik heb dit boek mogen ontvangen als recensie exemplaar en ik had nog nooit iets gelezen van Freida, maar wauw wat kan deze vrouw schrijven. Het boek zit zo goed in elkaar dat je de hele tijd aan het boek denkt. Ik had echt moeite om het boek weg te leggen. En dan hebben we het nog niets een gehad over het plot! Deze zag ik totaal niet aankomen. Dit kwam omdat je eerst alleen het perspectief van Millie ziet, pas als het plot bekend is zie je de kant van Nina. Ik vond het zelf heel fijn dat je ook nog even meegenomen wordt door het verhaal van Nina, zo begrijp je het plot nog veel meer. En dat dat einde gwn wauw! Wat een boek ik ga zeker meer van deze schrijfster lezen.

🇬🇧: wauw this book blew me away! I received this as a review sample and I hadn't read anything from this author before, but man she is good! The book is put togheter so well that it doesn't leave your mind. I had a hard time putting it away! And I haven't even talked about the plot yet! This one was totally unexpected.  That is because you first see the perspective of Millie, after the plot is revealed you will see the perspective of Nina. I thought it was a nice touch that you see the story from Nina her perspective as well because that way the plot will make way more sense. And then the end wow. I will read more of this writer for sure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, Blood, and Body shaming