Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

10 reviews

hrbu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia

kar5300's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Domestic abuse

nxpe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

The ending truly is what made this book worth-while. I really didn't like it at first, but once it got down to the last 30 percent, I was completely enthralled. Truly by the end of it, I wanted to give it 5 stars, but I didn't...

The reason for it was because, one of the characters basically has an eating disorder/is very fatphobic and there is not a trigger warning in sight for it. That really bothered me because I'm a believer in trigger warnings, and despite the fact that it's not a large part of the story, it's a large part of the character's personality. And I feel that that warrants a trigger warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit

moodreadererin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

The housemaid's secret is the sequel to The housemaid.  It follows Millie who is main character in first book. She is now turning over a new leaf so to speak. Millie is only taking "legit " cleaning jobs . After losing a well paid job, she puts in a ad for a new one . Soon after Millie gets a job offer from a well known CEO of a tech company . As she starts the job , Millie starts noticing weird things happening involving her employer's wife . 

I rated this book 5 stars . I really enjoyed how easy and fast this read was . The plot twist I didn't see coming . The heart racing ending . Even the romances on the side plot were enjoyable . I definitely recommend . 

Trigger /content warnings : domestic abuse , murder , mention of suicide and suicide ideation, cheating , fat phobia , eating disorders , and more .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Fatphobia, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Terminal illness and Death of parent

vanella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

mrssarahshirley's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, Murder, Blood, and Death

lilithreads's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Violence, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide, Eating disorder, and Vomit

assesgrass's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, and Pregnancy

minimicropup's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Blood, and Body shaming

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

I didn’t like this one as much as the first because I found this one to be way more predictable. Over it was enjoyable and I liked it and it was a good sequel, just not my fav. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Stalking, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, and Gaslighting