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The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

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alexaperez's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

Well… that was wild.

Slow for the first 100 pages or so but then things get crazy. Not entirely sure how to feel but I guess I was entertained?? Look up trigger warnings before reading.

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lemonsneverlie's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This novel was quite a fast and easy read which majes you want to stay up sleepless nights just to find out what comes next! Do yourself a favour and don't look up spoilers :)

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amberdpaige's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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majjgrf's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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belanglos's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.75

Writing style was different than I expected.

The twist was easy to predict though I didn't expect Nina to still be so aware and bit drugged up. It's also crazy that she would want another woman to go through what she went through.

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tiltsu's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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wordsgirlie's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes

5.0

🔪 psychological thriller.
— slow-paced, multiple povs

“. . . no woman wants to be compared unfavorably to another. he’s an idiot if he doesn’t know that. then again, plenty of men are idiots.”

what a great way to start september! the story follows millie, a young woman with a criminal past, who gets employed as a housekeeper by a rich woman, nina winchester, one with a seeming mental health condition. and as the story goes, millie soon finds out that the rich family she’s working for have secrets of their own.

first of all, i got so interested with reading this book because i’ve seen a lot of videos on tiktok where some readers say that it was really an amazing thriller. this is one of my favorite reads this year. the plot is great and freida mcfadden’s writing style was perfect. all the characters in this book are all insane and weird. i actually don’t know what to feel when i was reading this—i was scared, confused, and excited on what’s going to happen in the next chapters. to be honest, the whole story was exhausting to read because it is full of twists and turns, but it is the type of exhaustion that i will always enjoy.

lastly, the plot twists in this book are amazing, unpredictable, and insane! overall, this book is a beautiful collection of mystery, thriller, and unexpected twists. if you want to get into thriller, you should definitely put this on top of your list.

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