The Housemaid Is Watching

This book really wasn't needed. The plot felt forced and unimaginative. The amount of times I had to force myself to finish this book is unreal

I enjoyed this way more than the second book, probably bc we finally changed the scenery and the plot was very different. Read this all in one day, it was very fun

Al igual que los dos primeros libros, este es un libro fantástico. Lleno de tensión y misterio, nunca puedo predecir quien es quien termina siendo el asesino en estos libros y ha sido toda una experiencia. Nuevamente consideró que esta trilogía es una de las mejores que he leído, me han mantenido enganchada todo el tiempo con ganas de leer y más sobre Millie. Lo disfruté muchísimo.

I'm going to give this one a 3.9! Sooo close to a 4 star. This was pretty slow getting started. Nothing really happened until page 200. But once you get to 200, it gets wild Freida-style. And as always, the Queen of Epilogues did it again. I was pleased with this whole series! Keep writing amazing books Freida!

"The Housemaid Is Watching" adalah novel ketiga dalam seri "The Housemaid". Cerita ini berlangsung sekitar 13 tahun setelah peristiwa di "The Housemaid's Secret", dengan tokoh utama Millie yang kini bekerja sebagai pekerja sosial, menikah dengan Enzo, dan memiliki dua anak. Mereka baru saja pindah ke rumah baru di pinggiran kota, namun segera menyadari bahwa tetangga mereka memiliki perilaku yang aneh dan mencurigakan. Millie mulai merasa bahwa ada sesuatu yang tidak beres di lingkungan barunya.

Untuk aku, ada hal yang kurang masuk akal dalam penyelesaian kasusnya dan pengungkapan pelakunya. Namun aku cukup menikmati humor-humor sarkastik yang ditampilkan oleh Freida di buku ini.

What a shame. I really enjoyed the first two books, and this one was a bust for me. It took over two hundred pages of what felt like literally nothing happening (I know she was setting the scene but this was excessive) to then throw some answers into the end that weren't really that surprising.

The main character and her husband's inability to have a straightforward conversation was really frustrating to read through, especially when their relationship was founded in trust and authenticity in the first two books. As the story starts to unravel around page 260, elements are, strangely enough, very thoroughly explained without actually being straightforward answers and never gets confirmed by the end. I'm left making assumptions for the story line to make more sense in my head.

To some degree this book also felt like a second book repeat of the police being involved and needing to do whatever necessary to not get caught even when all of the evidence is quite incriminating. It looses realism here for me, I just can't see this playing out in real life.

Finally, with 60% of the book focussed on setting the scene, the last 40% of getting answers just felt thrown on top of each other. There are a few missing pieces so we get another perspective, then another missing piece so throw in another perspective to tie it in and none in a surprising, never saw this coming way.

In all fairness I didn't have high hopes for this book, I think it's really challenging to write multiple sequels and have them maintain the same level of shock factor, I was just hoping the author would prove me wrong.

Maybe worth the read if you're invested in the original two books just to see the characters years later but certainly wouldn't recommend it as a first read to anyone.

Esta tercera entrega fue floja. La primera parte es lenta y luego es que arranca la trama en sí. El personaje de Millie va de más a menos, se va desinflando y perdiendo protagonismo. Creo que la autora se canso de ella. Lo bueno es que la lectura se hacía fácil al tener capítulos cortos.

En fín, se puede leer, pero no ha sido la mejor de las 3 entregas, ni por asomo.