I read two Frieda McFadden books last year that I actually enjoyed which were “Never Lie” and “The Wife Upstairs.” I also tried reading “The Surrogate Mother” and had to literally stop because it was terrible.
The way she portrays women in every single book is the same, and the characters are so unrealistic. She makes women always down on their luck, crazy, gaining weight from how they were previously. The men are always incredibly smart, manipulative, wealthy, etc.
I tried to give her another chance and started “The Housemaid Series” and almost 100 pages in, I just can’t. Every single one of her books have the same premise. The writing is so juvenile. It’s just not captivating.
Never Lie was a solid 4/5 for me and I didn’t expect that plot twist at all. But the rest of her books 🚮 I just can’t.
by aryastark2626
2 Comments
We all like different stuff, and that’s cool. The Housemaid started a whole book group at my wife’s work, now they’re all reading a book a week.
Dunno I have only read “Housemaid” though, but I liked it, gripping and fast paced easy read with fun twist(s)! It’s not a masterpiece or “high literature” but it’s fun and entertaining, and that’s what it often takes.