I’ll never quite understand how people are surprised that the *average* reader enjoys simple to understand plots and narratives lol. Like not everyone wants to spend their lives trying to digest opus’s like the Malazan series or wants to feel like they are being intentionally ripped in 40 directions like House of Leaves. Some people just want to read a quick fun story and Freida is pretty good at that.
I enjoyed the Housemaid 1 and 2, but these articles that feel the need to say shit like this one: “In McFadden’s thrillers, these familiar devices get regurgitated, capitalizing on a readership whose obsession with perfect facades—that is, with a flawless performance of conventional femininity—is matched only by its desire to see that performance ripped up and proven a lie. One day, perhaps, readers will finally lose their appetite for this particular flavor of schadenfreude. But until they do, McFadden will never tire of serving it to them.”
People like easy. You don’t have to keep asking why people like easy…
saadkasu on
This is soo true.
I read one of her books some time back and I liked it but then I tried one of her other books through recently and felt that I had read this book ( ofcourse I hadn’t).
They are very similar, with similar premise and very similar character psyche’s.
Purplecatty on
I enjoyed a couple but then they do start blending together.
neon-clouds on
I like her books, especially as palate cleansers after reading some chunkier material. They are quick, suspenseful & easy reads that can be devoured in one sitting. To me, they are the reality tv of books.
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I’ll never quite understand how people are surprised that the *average* reader enjoys simple to understand plots and narratives lol. Like not everyone wants to spend their lives trying to digest opus’s like the Malazan series or wants to feel like they are being intentionally ripped in 40 directions like House of Leaves. Some people just want to read a quick fun story and Freida is pretty good at that.
I enjoyed the Housemaid 1 and 2, but these articles that feel the need to say shit like this one: “In McFadden’s thrillers, these familiar devices get regurgitated, capitalizing on a readership whose obsession with perfect facades—that is, with a flawless performance of conventional femininity—is matched only by its desire to see that performance ripped up and proven a lie. One day, perhaps, readers will finally lose their appetite for this particular flavor of schadenfreude. But until they do, McFadden will never tire of serving it to them.”
People like easy. You don’t have to keep asking why people like easy…
This is soo true.
I read one of her books some time back and I liked it but then I tried one of her other books through recently and felt that I had read this book ( ofcourse I hadn’t).
They are very similar, with similar premise and very similar character psyche’s.
I enjoyed a couple but then they do start blending together.
I like her books, especially as palate cleansers after reading some chunkier material. They are quick, suspenseful & easy reads that can be devoured in one sitting. To me, they are the reality tv of books.