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The Howard family all have their own if not somewhat warped personalities. Alex in particular and you feel early on that this is someone who is dangerous and things can’t possibly end well where he is concerned. Mrs Huxley, the house keeper, is also someone who creeped me out. In some ways she is your stereotypical house keeper that you come across in the sense that she is extremely strict with a no nonsense attitude that comes across as very unfeeling. It just added to the already tense atmosphere of the story.The Housemaid ( Korean: 하녀; RR: Hanyeo) is a 2010 South Korean erotic psychological thriller film directed by Im Sang-soo. The story focuses on Eun-yi, played by Jeon Do-yeon, who becomes involved in a destructive love triangle while working as a housemaid for an upper-class family. Other cast members include Lee Jung-jae, Youn Yuh-jung and Seo Woo. The film is a remake of Kim Ki-young's 1960 film of the same name. It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. [2] Plot [ edit ] The story covers the tale of Millie, our protagonist housemaid who starts work at a posh house after recently being released from prison. She’s hoping to keep her past from her new employer and earn enough money to move out of living in her car and start a real life for herself. However, her boss, Nina Winchester is incredibly odd and begins to behave eratically convincing Millie something else must be going on it in this family. But then everything flips on its head! The Housemaid plot – 4.5/5 Sure, I realize this story is meant to be taken with a grain of salt, preferably served on buttered popcorn, 🍿 but, the last two parts were too crazy for my taste! I’ll refrain from ending spoilers even though I don’t think it’s worth reading, but that big ‘twist’ was so obvious while also being completely unnecessary. It cheapened every bit of plot up to that point, though by then it was mostly a lost cause for me. All in all, this was my first book by this author but I don’t think it will be my last. Despite the minor shortcomings, this book kept me largely satisfied. Since I am not an avid contemporary thriller reader, I cannot tell you if the plot is similar to any of the other recent domestic thrillers in the market. But I know that I was quite happy with it. Definitely recommended if you are looking for an entertaining commercial thriller.

Millie finds out via Nina’s other pals that Nina was admitted to a mental institution. Even though Millie now understands why Nina is acting so irrationally, the fact that she is the recipient of Nina’s rage does not make her any happier.

bone chilling. i would not survive a single minute in freida’s mind, but i’d still pay to live a day in there anyways. she’s an absolute genius. at one point i was like: is this a romance or a mystery/thriller? the whore in me when it comes to romance will never go away🙈🙈

In this new book, we find ourselves nearly five years ahead, witnessing the developments in Millie's life. We know it’s inevitable that the husband will attempt to seduce the maid. And it surely is a seduction and a coercion, even though the maid agrees and even seems to appreciate it. Sex is a bad bargain if only one party is free to set the terms. Mrs. Cho sees what is happening because she sees everything that happens. The mother-in-law also sees. Eventually the housemaid’s pregnancy becomes obvious. She gives Millie a tour of the house and outlines Millie’s duties, which amount to light housekeeping and meal preparation. Nina takes Millie up to the attic and shows her the bedroom she’ll be sleeping in. When it comes to the horror aspect of the movie, there’s nothing here we haven’t really seen before. There’s the noises and crying, the spectres in the woods, objects flying around and the Insidious-esque veiled woman emerging from the lake; things we’ve all seen time and time again. However, the way it’s been created, blending gothic with a period Vietnam era, gives it an exotic feel that we might not have necessarily seen before. A blend of Vietnamese and English language adds to the vibe of this place being an alien one, both to Captain Laurent, himself a Parisian, and to Linh with her real home being 40 kilometres away. The plantation represents a place of horror itself and those in it have either been complicit in its terrible history or now face the horrors that haunt it.Cleverly plotted, complex and multi-layered, Millie discovers that she is not the only one whose life is built on secrets and lies and comes face to face with a master manipulator. Will she be able to turn the tables?

Andrew, Nina’s husband, is the perfect guy, too good to be true. He empathises with Millie’s plight but can he go against his own wife? I was impressed by how the author could take such a typical plotline and develop it into a captivating story. Right from the prologue till the end, I couldn’t keep the book aside. This, despite the fact that the story was disturbing, creepy, weird, even OTT. However, he is putting pressure on her to move in with him. That would solve her housing problems, but she just cannot give up control of her life. If she tells him about her past, she will lose him. There are also a few convenient coincidences. (Then again, these are found in almost every thriller, which is why I don’t read much of this genre.)The first three-quarters of the book are wonderfully readable and made me think that this review would give it a five-star rating. But, sadly, the last quarter is nothing like as good. The second one references many highlights from book one, and better if it was read in sequence. It carries the same sarcastic humor and she displays the same confusion and controversial problems. Cinematographer Kim Deok-jin did a great job at creating the visually disturbing and claustrophobic world of the Kim household. The various close-ups and usage of depth-of-field allow him to navigate the viewer around the building, as well as provide an insight into the tense and fraught mindsets of the characters. Han Sang-gi's repetitive, horror music is at times a bit on the nose, to the point of becoming a caricature. The composer juxtaposes it with occasional, naive piano melodies that add to the overall sense of grotesque in the film.