Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

127 reviews

ghostblush's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infertility and Sexual assault

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

What a wild ride. So many twists I didn’t really see coming. One of the better thrillers I’ve read in quite awhile. Creepy and just a notch past sanity so it seems like it could really happen. The ending is such a feminist feel good ending. Can’t wait to check out more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

gtwaddell's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

saraperdue01's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

crimsonreadlips's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Vomit

lovealwaysadi's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

dilettala's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

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

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Blood

sofiasco's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

peachani's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Torture, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail