Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

39 reviews

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Damn! This book hooked me. It was written in a way where I craved for more. Highly addictive to say the least. I couldn't stop reading. This is my third book from Freida and I thoroughly enjoyed this one more than the other two. Nina and Millie were both smart women who fell for the wrong guy. Good thing Enzo helped out. I thought he was undercover or something. Lol. God. It turned so dark, I had chills. Men like Andrew disgusted me. Who does that? Oh, one thing I wasn't crazy about was the police turned out to be Andy's ex's father. It was a bit too coincidental. But oh well, because of him, the women were free. Dear Cece will never be punished by a monster. The abuse stopped when he died and he turned that way because of Evelyn, his mother. And Millie's mission to help more women continues to the next book. I can't wait to read more. Thank you, Doc. (I heard in a book group on Fb that she's a doctor)✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Infertility, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

loudo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Death of parent, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Self harm, Suicide, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Classism, Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Mental illness, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Deportation, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

erinbahrenfuss's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The twist was a lot more “in my face” and predictable than I was expecting, but it did not fail to keep me engaged. I was unable to put the book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Domestic abuse, Torture, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Abandonment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Blood, and Deportation

cc_shelflove's review

medium-paced

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

2.0

I have read about 6465189106608920 books with this plot. Originality = zero. I mean really, could the ‘Part 2’ reveal BE any more obvious? A seemingly perfect husband who is an evil man Behind Closed Doors (see what I did there?)… It’s been done a thousand million times. Come up with something else. 0 for two with this author for me. I’m not sure what all the hype is about.

For real, though, how many books am I going to read with this exact storyline? 🫠

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Confinement, Abandonment, Infertility, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

emeralddreamer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Classism, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Sexism, Infertility, Emotional abuse, and Death

demy_summer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Bullying, Rape, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Infertility, Violence, and Infidelity

missinfermiera's review

dark 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Misogyny, Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

rodeo_mama814'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

wshawl36's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

brynhayes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Stalking, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Violence, Confinement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders