Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

127 reviews

angelnorin's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 this is the first time I read a book in this genre. I could say it was an easy read! I'm not used to this genre and I would love to go back to my usual silly little romance 😩 It got quite scary for me in some parts and had to stop reading (I was reading at night so I was like NO I want to sleep tonight) and come back to it the next day 😂 I love the alternating POV of Millie and Nina at the end AND THE FUCKING TWIST OF IT ALL LIKE!?? I did not expect that 😭😭 poor little Cece and Andrew's mother!? wtf 💀🤸🏻‍♀️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

sdaley08's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chlo_willow's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

vj_thompson's review

dark 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

4.0

This was a pretty solid thriller. I’d recommend this to anyone wanting to dip their toes into the genre. I guessed the overall twist but it was still a wild ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Blood, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

killmoore_'s review

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

4.75

This definitely lived up to the hype for me. 

I figured out the big twist fairly early on, but that was due to procrastinating on this read for so long that I had a few spoilers. However, the swerves and turns kept me completely invested, and the way Frieda flushes out her characters makes it feel like they could jump off the page and.. I don't know.. lock you in an attic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

knitwitreading's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Listen, I tore through this book so fast and I hated it. I also couldn’t stop reading. Read if you like lukewarm feral women and don’t mind misogynistic portrayal of woman on woman hate. I might read the sequel.

typedtruths's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

2.0

yeah, booktok lied. 

i have read this book in, at least, ten variations and almost all of them did it  better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

kar5300's review

challenging dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Torture

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infertility

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

This entire review contains spoilers.

From the very beginning, I questioned whether Nina was actually psychotic, or if Andrew was really the psychotic one. When Andrew kicked Nina out of the house, I asked myself whether it was time to be extra scared of Nina, or scared of Andrew. So, while I somewhat saw the “twist” of Parts II and III coming, there were also still a few of surprises.

The author did an amazing job of building connections with Nina’s perspective in Part II. My jaw actually dropped a few times!

I wasn’t 100% sure how Part III was going to play out, but I’m happy with it. While it might not be the most realistic (specifically with the detective and his relationship to everything), it was a perfectly satisfying ending. Especially with the added bonus of Evelyn and Nina’s conversation, and Millie’s new job interview.

I recently read Verity by Colleen Hoover (which made me VERY uncomfortable and disturbed), and, for the first half(ish) of this book, I thought the two stories were incredibly similar. However, I think this story was less disturbing (specifically because there was significantly less talk of child abuse) and better-written.

I found myself rooting for different characters at different times. Millie was frustrating for ignoring so many BRIGHT red flags at the beginning (though I get she didn’t necessarily have many choices). Nina and Cecelia were so frustrating at times! Then Nina was extra frustrating for knowingly subjecting Millie to toxic situations (though I empathized with her). Evelyn was hard to trust at times. Enzo was mysterious at the beginning, and I wasn’t sure what was going on there for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

anais_reads22's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Violence