Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

121 reviews

cassiereadsbooks_'s review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

chellski's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

<spolier> poor CeCe. Everyone else was an absolute bellend. He's abusive because he was abused? Piss off. What was the weird bigotry towards Enzo

The writing wasn't for me. Repetitive and overly descriptive of random objects. Everytime Millie picked up a phone I cringed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Deportation, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, and Racism

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

shadymist's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Honestly this is the best book I have read so far this year! So many twists and turns that make the reader keep going. I finished the book the same day I started it. That should tell you how much worthwhile this book was to read! Frieda Mcfadden is a truly gifted author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Minor: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death

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

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

Minor: Pregnancy and Rape

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

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

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

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

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, 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: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Torture, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, 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: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

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.