Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Criada by Freida McFadden

44 reviews

lemonsneverlie's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, and Death of parent

heer_pluisje's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Dragging story, quite predictable twists, no likeable characters, very little suspense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Infertility, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

redempta's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

4🌟

I was dubious when I started reading the book. Part 1 wasn't great. I didn't like being in Millie's point of view, as she wasn't very smart and a bit self-absorbed about her feelings. And it was unnecessarily long compared to the rest of the book. But I really liked part 2.

I enjoyed getting Nina's point of view and understanding where she was coming from.

. And part 3 was great conclusion. It remains to be seen what the next books will bring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

raesapiga_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

ellavlind's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Asså jävlar. De hände saker hela tiden och man ville alltid läsa mer och när man trodde man visste nått så visade det sig att man inte alls gjorde det. Först trodde man de va Nina som va ”den onda” men sen fick man ju reda på att det var Andrew hela tiden och Nina som blivit plågad och planerat att Millie skulle döda Andrew vilket hon ju gjorde. Millies backstory va ju bra och passande och värre än vad man trodde hahahah. Men i slutet blev de ju klart att Evelyn (hans mamma) va den som startade allt även om de inte är en ursäkt för vad Andrew gjorde mot både Nina och Millie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

mfuzeiro's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Literally, so freaking incredible! So unpredictable and amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility, Torture, and Death of parent

_pauline'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

4.0

this was INTENSE

I read this in one sitting and absolutely loved the first half, thought I‘d give it 5 stars

(I also really liked andrew at first, look how that turned out)

. after that, it was mainly

torture (not the reading but the content of the book)

, plus there were a lot of scenes that made me want to scream at the characters DONT BE STUPID JUST DO …, and while I didn’t always enjoy that, I still couldn’t put the book down. 

one police officer being able to simply close such a suspicious case seems unrealistic but ig it doesn’t really matter

I definitely get the hype and would recommend this if you don’t mind the content warnings. the plot twists are great. not sure I‘ll read the sequels any time soon but I‘ll definitely check out other books by this author 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sun11's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

siennakt30's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail