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The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

87 reviews

krdavis02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

anna_mayes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides 

 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

 

“Reading about life was no preparation for living it.” 

 

I want to start this by saying I liked The Silent Patient, but LOVED The Maidens! I am obsessed. So red herrings AND we even get appearances from some characters from The Silent Patient. I love when authors write novels in the same universe. It makes the world more real to me and I feel like I get to see the outside characters from a new perspective! As for the twist, there were aspects that came out of no where. I texted @allies_library every time I thought I knew who the killer was and I was partially right haha. I saw a few complaints about how the twist felt forced because it was so abrupt. However, I feel like that is what made it so good! There were a few clues that could have made you guess the killer, but the reasoning behind the killings was the most shocking part. If I didn’t love Alex Michaelides before, then I definitely do now! 

 

I recommend this one for anyone who loves a thriller with an unexpected twist. 

 

CW: Murder, Mental Health, Abuse, Stalking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Violence, and Mental illness

bella63096's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

mariacalvo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sadiefc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

sunsetcity's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jasminewright's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

NO BECAUSE THIS WAS SO EFFING CRAZY. This year, I have been on a really big kick of contemporary retellings of Greek Mythology. I must say, I wasn't quite expecting the books to be this dark and twisted but I was totally into it. I don't normally re-read books, but I would read this again just to pick up on some things that I missed before. The twist was absolutely shocking. I mean, I was totally shook. The writing was great and entertaining from beginning to end. The short chapters are a favorite of mine. I will say, check the trigger warnings before reading this book because there are a lot of dark things that occur. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

ellejaereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Murder

iamaemmafan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Violence

sammyshellstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence