Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

415 reviews

ajhowe2's review against another edition

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

sharlapeggy'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Devoured in a day. Loved this book. Loved everything about it. Gripped me from start to finish and was everything I needed. 

This gave me the same feelings as Verity and What Lies Between Us and Gone Girl. All the same feelings. It’s fantastic and I can’t stop thinking about it. 

WWW:
- First person 
- Millie was a fun character to get to know
- THE ENDING
- THE TWIST
- NINA’S POV
- THE OTHER TWIST
- Made me think 
- Read in a day

EBI 
- Could have been a bit spicier in places but really didn’t need it. 
- loved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

markholder's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What the fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Death

yellowcape'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

3.5

What more is there to say beyond it was my first read of the year (354 pages on my kindle) and I read it in less than 24hrs. I devoured it to be honest. 

This is like everything Verity wishes it was. Our protagonist actually had a personality (yay!) and the ENTIRE plot did not revolve around her destroying a marriage while being astronomically horny. 

I really enjoyed this book, it wasn’t the wildest ride in the sense of the twist wasn’t anything you couldn’t see coming, butttt it was paced really well, every little detail added up nicely and it was clearly thoroughly planned out before writing (something I can’t say I feel about Verity - which was verifiably the worst thing I’ve ever read and I’ve read some enjoyable trash). Everything was tied up nicely into a little bow and I’m looking forward to reading the sequel, which I think will be more on the trashy side but hey, it’s winter break it’s the perfect time for some trash. 

If you want a quick easy thriller, that will have you gasping audibly, but doesn’t require too much thought to follow to burn though, I’d thoroughly recommend :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body shaming, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

0ldoini's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia and Infertility

Minor: Death of parent and Deportation

sarah_amy's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

Up there with my favourite thrillers - so much so that after my first listen, I started again immediately. Very cleverly crafted; I did not see the twists coming. It made me feel strong things about the characters and what was going on - a sign of a great read. Be prepared - it's very dark and graphic but will leave your jaw on the floor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

jpellwood's review

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Forced institutionalization

evreardon's review

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: Confinement and Torture

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

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

sagansbaby's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

i don’t think i’m the target audience for this but it was a fun binge read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

misshrider's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility and Mental illness