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A review by muffinamy
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book missed every single mark for me. I love thrillers and it’s lucky this book has an intriguing enough storyline to encourage me to finish it. The writing is POOR. Everything is repeated far too many times. After the 4th time being reminded that Millie had been ‘in prison for 10 years’, that Andrew is her ‘boss’s boss’s boss’, that her room is very small, I had had my fair share of enough.
The plot was fine, the reveal was fine, the characters were fine.
What was not fine? The STUPID EPILOGUE.
Millie is at an interview to be a housemaid after the fallout of her previous job, to be informed by the interviewer that Nina highly recommended her, and revealing she is begging beaten by her husband. The implication is that Millie helped Nina out of her abusive situation, so will help this new lady out of hers. WHAT? So Nina just signed Millie up to be some hitman nanny without even consulting her?? Oh yeah I had this housemaid who murdered my husband for me, here are her deets im sure she’ll do it for u too!! ??? Not only is it so outlandish and ridiculous, but it would literally not work. The only reason Millie got away with murdering Andrew was the coincidence of his previous DV victim ex fiancées father being the policeman who investigated, as he helped Nina to cover it up as an accidental death. How in the world is that going to happen again? And she wasn’t exactly given the opportunity to say no was she???
Idk I know there’s another book and I probably have to read it for the stupid epilogue to come into effect and make sense but I’m so mad at it that I genuinely refuse to. I don’t care what rubbish they get up to, Nina was wrong to do that and whatever they do shouldn’t work. Fight with the wall if u disagree bc I don’t care.
I was satisfied with a mediocre 3.5 star book until the epilogue, which plummeted my opinion and score down to a 2. Don’t bother, first and last book I’ll be reading by this author.
The plot was fine, the reveal was fine, the characters were fine.
What was not fine? The STUPID EPILOGUE.
Idk I know there’s another book and I probably have to read it for the stupid epilogue to come into effect and make sense but I’m so mad at it that I genuinely refuse to. I don’t care what rubbish they get up to, Nina was wrong to do that and whatever they do shouldn’t work. Fight with the wall if u disagree bc I don’t care.
I was satisfied with a mediocre 3.5 star book until the epilogue, which plummeted my opinion and score down to a 2. Don’t bother, first and last book I’ll be reading by this author.