Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

336 reviews

naturenoble's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Infertility, Murder, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

cerysmary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Easily one of the best books I’ve read. The pace was perfect and the twists were excellent!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Infertility, Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Murder, and Toxic relationship

chels984's review

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

4.25

it was really interesting to read but i predicted part of the plot twist otherwise i would’ve put it higher but it was tbh a fun read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

alis143's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual content

cinzia_2509's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

What a disappointment. It’s too similar to "The Last Mrs. Parrish" (which I much preferred and which was released first and much better overall) and it’s also too similar to “The Wife Between Us” (also basically a copy of The Last Mrs. Parrish by the way). You can tell exactly what the twist is from the beginning if you have read any of the two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Torture

Moderate: Infidelity and Gaslighting

nataliealane'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I really disliked this book/the characters but also couldn’t put it down???! Like I HAD to know what happened next. All the characters are extremely unlikeable and make very stupid stupid decisions that made me want to throw a book at their head. The main character possesses almost 0 survival instinct despite spending 10 years in prison. If you like Lifetime dramas/thrillers, you will like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Torture, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

teatunesandtales's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Bullying, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Infertility

nikkilerae's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

itsmemiana's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

I know I'm definitely in the minority here because most people love this book and I'm honestly so happy for you. I love when people love books regardless if I like them or not. 🫶🏼 and my opinion on this book doesn't actually mean anything about this author's talent. and I hope she keeps thriving with her success. ❤️

okay with that, I'm going to explain my thoughts on this book. they are definitely complicated.

I'll start with the things I liked. the ending. it was actually great.

now to the things I didn't like as much. the first half of the book. I wanted to give up on this book so badly but I pulled through it because I was hoping it got better and it definitely did, especially on the third part.

my least favourite thing about it were the characters. I hated every single character even tho some of them got their redemption in the end. the only one I didn't completely hate was the Italian gardener, Enzo. but even him, I had some issues with.

so yeah, I have no idea if I'll ever read the second book.

(also, I got it from the library. support your local libraries!!!!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Suicide attempt and Rape

jenreads30's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship