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The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

19 reviews

fink1129's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I typically look at a list of trigger warnings and have no concerns. I went in blind and ooofff, I was uncomfy! Such an incredible book, twists and turns, I was on the edge of my seat from the start!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Child abuse

Minor: Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Bullying, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, Deportation, Gore, Grief, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Stalking

evreardon's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

• 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

3.5

The beginning was pretty slow. But then everything clicked and it got much better. Still not the best thriller I’ve read but I’m intrigued enough to read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Confinement

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Death, Mental illness, and Infertility

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Violence, Fatphobia, Blood, and Murder

laurenbaggy's review

dark emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Murder, Torture, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Body horror, Infidelity, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcohol

mrs_gale's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

It was a good read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Infertility, Blood, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, and Drug abuse

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Confinement, Infertility, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Deportation and Death of parent

livvmarks's review

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Body horror

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Classism, Death, Medical content, Violence, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Cancer, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Confinement, Deportation, Rape, Sexual content, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Torture

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

moodreadererin's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was a treat . I found this to be a medium to fast pace read . I liked the build up of the story before the twist hits . How these unlikable characters somehow get explained . I liked how it showed that life isn't black and white  . I rated it 4.5 stars for those reasons . I didn't rate it five because I felt like there was points where the pace did drag for me . I do reccomend this for anyone looking for a good fun female empowered thriller . Check trigger warnings .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Infertility, Child abuse, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

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