Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

33 reviews

kaelizaco's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Infertility, and Rape

ktnl22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book! Lots of twists! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Kidnapping

readbymeg_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

bhans1984's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Lots of triggers in this book. It was torture reading it. The world is dark enough to invite this type of darkness into your life while reading. I won’t read anything else like this book if I can suss it out before I start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Death

lilla_j's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

chellski's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

<spolier> poor CeCe. Everyone else was an absolute bellend. He's abusive because he was abused? Piss off. What was the weird bigotry towards Enzo

The writing wasn't for me. Repetitive and overly descriptive of random objects. Everytime Millie picked up a phone I cringed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Classism, Deportation, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, and Racism

stephs_cozycorner's review against another edition

5.0

I picked this up immediately after finishing 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙚 and I think it is safe to safe Freida McFadden is now an auto buy author. 

What another fantastic psychological thriller !! 
This books was so addictive I could not put it down.  

We follow along with Millie as she begins her journey of being a housekeeper for the very wealthy Winchester family.   Millie has a troubled past and really needs this job, but she’s in for the ride of her life as she navigates the monster that is Nina Winchester, and soon realizes there is something more sinister happening.  

I couldn’t help but see similarities in the first half of this book to the movie 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, but it is much more dark.  The twists and turns in this one keep coming and keep you guessing.  

That is all I will say, as I don’t want to ruin too much. 
This was a unique, exciting, edge of your seat thriller that you definitely need to grab!  

And there is a sequel 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍’𝚜 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 coming February 20th, 2023.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

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

vanessagrausam's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Infertility and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

kpeezie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Death, Infidelity, Torture, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization