Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

7 reviews

bettymer91's review

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Sexual content

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

moanareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Confinement, Bullying, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Murder, Self harm, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

sdaley08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

bookserie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

First thriller book I’ve read in ages!! 
It’s good but I feel like the ending was rushed. Sort of anti-climactic. 
But overall it’s definitely a page-turner for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Slavery, and Infidelity

lcesario's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

It was really good, I didn’t expect the twist and turns that happened in the last 100 pages of the book. The author did a great job making me feel some thing towards the characters whether I liked or hated them was up to their design. The ending is good, but feels almost feels rushed at the end. Overall, I had a great time reading this, and I didn’t expect the ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Slavery

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, and Infidelity

milymily22's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting