When Millie Because new to life was released from jail, the thriller THE HOUSEMAID turned into psychological enemies. Eager for a fresh start, she takes a job as a live-in maid for the wealthy Winchester family: Nina, Andrew, and their little girl, Cecelia. At first, everything seems great, but it isn’t long before Millie discovers the dark and disturbing hidden secrets of the Winchester family.
Gradually, Nina shows her true colors, nice one minute and acting like a nutjob the next making Millie’s life a nightmare. Millie is convinced that Nina is off mentally and her behavior is registered as irrational and manipulative. As tensions continue to boil over, a calm and soothing Andrew attempts peacekeeping with Millie. This in turn brings into the house an affair between Millie and Andrew, leading to more complications.
But it feels like just as soon as Millie finds out Andrew is hardly the innocent he appears, the genre does a complete 180. The truth starts to appear after Millie finds out Nina is not the one who is a mess, she has been experiencing his abuse and coercive control. Nina hired Millie as an out to free herself from Andrew’s tyranny and held Millie’s checkered past over her like a hammer to get what she wanted. Andrew locks Millie in the attic which he had also done to Nina, but Millie manages to outplay him/screw him over. She lives up to her promise and then some: trapping Andrew in the attic and, unexpectedly, sentencing him to death
Millie goes on to the next stage of her life and is faced with a suspicious cop who assumes that Andrew was killed. It also appears the journey for Kayla is not over yet, as Nina recommends her to another job —this time to assist another woman stuck in an oppressive marriage.
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The Housemaid manages the issues of abuse, control, and the psychological traumas that are carried with horrible activities. Depicting an act of abuse in a relationship and the collateral emotional damage perpetrated almost becomes the microscope to expose more of domestic violence as yet another Venn diagram between two or more toxic entities while mirroring with being as symbology for breaking free.
Character development
Every character is well established with multiple layers revealed time and again as the story moves forward. The unique perspectives on how Millie transitions from a victim to survivor, how Nina feels trapped by her own choices as well as Andrew who is not presented as an evil man, but a terrifyingly charming yet inherently abusive human.
Here is the silver lining for survivors of abuse: While depressing and very dark, there is light in understanding that you have always had the power to escape the abuse. The production value of this movie can certainly be called into question, but the overall message of resilience and finding freedom in leaving an abused relationship still rings through loud & clear as both Millie and Nina stop playing defense against their abusive exes.
Twists and Turns of The Housemaid
bring to mind Freida McFadden’s narrative skills wherein the reader is always presented with a plot filled with surprises. But after you think you finally have the characters and their motives pegged, yet another shocking twist throws darkness onto what seemed like an almost comforting story, leaving it a true page-turner that is hard to put down.
Reflection on Cycles of Abuse
In a sickening reflection about cycles of abuse and how they are passed from generation to generation, the book muses. There is a narrative bend that Andrew gets his cruelty from his mom and this provides some clinical reasoning for his actions. It also highlights the increasing effort to name and interrupt these harmful practices in our daily lives.
To conclude, The Housemaid provides an exciting read with a deeper message on emotions and power dynamics in a seemingly very realistic setting of how to survive domestic abuse.The long and twisty plot requires some thought, but the attention to characters as well as the narrative sweeps you along and attaches you forever.
