Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

46 reviews

emmieb98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

shaleen64's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

You can rely on Freida McFadden for a fast paced, twist packed character driven thriller, and this book does not disappoint. Whilst overall the plot isn’t dissimilar to the first book there’s enough differences to make it worth reading both. You could read the books as stand alones but I enjoyed the continuation of characters between the two books. Well worth the read and only 3.75 and not 4.0 because the first was better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, and Body shaming

Minor: Confinement and Infertility

ashleyj_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Infidelity, Blood, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infertility

ghi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Eating disorder, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

jessthemess8112's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

I enjoyed this read! I definitely was not expecting the ending however, I feel like Enzo's character was kind of a throwaway. He didn't add any real value to the storyline and could've been written much better. I also wish we would've gotten more background on the main character. We get small snippets of her past but not enough to really paint a whole picture as to why she does things the way she does or how she got involved in the lifestyle.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

k8lynn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

binged this in a day!

i just didn't like how the structure mirrored the first book. i wish she would have made it more diverse!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Rape, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, and Toxic relationship

drybay's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.5

The book kept me entertained, but I cannot really compliment it on its literary accomplishements. It was quite frustrating how Millies situation hadn't really changed from the first book, the writing style was a bit pretentious from time to time and I'm still a bit on the fence about the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide

kfquarium'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Stalking, Excrement, and Vomit

ava_rec16's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Blood, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Gore

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

5.0

Gripped. Start to finish. I loved the Housemaid but somehow, this was better. You didn’t really need to have read the housemaid to read this - apart from knowing Millie’s backstory. But both books are 5*. I genuinely didn’t see either twist coming!!!! Amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Infertility, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Blood