Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

45 reviews

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility and Death

sophieejn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Torture, and Emotional abuse

emeraldrose809's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Death

Minor: Sexual content

violetvulptex's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Infertility, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Stalking, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Blood, Rape, Death of parent, Classism, and Sexual assault

princessdana36's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

This book gave me a full blown anxiety attack. There were so many twists, turns, and unreliable narrators that I couldn't keep track (well, I could, but I just didn't want to! Whom can you trust in a book like this!) Gone Girl has nothing on this book. Sure, Gone Girl was better written, but this book elicited more visceral reactions than Gone Girl. I haven't even compared anything to that book since all psychological dramas/thrillers started comparing themselves to Gone Girl. I think the writing has to be improved. It needed some polish and another pass through with an editor, but the imagery was solid. Some of the phrasing was a little unprofessional, but it painted a vivid picture. All in all, not a pleasant book, but a readable one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Child abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

laurenbaggy'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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Murder, Torture, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Body horror, Infidelity, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcohol

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infertility, Torture, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Death, Sexism, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Abandonment, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

mrs_gale's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

It was a good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Infertility, Blood, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, and Drug abuse

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Torture, Confinement, Infertility, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Deportation and Death of parent

hanreads__'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content