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The Maid by Nita Prose

42 reviews

samcsmith's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Abandonment, Deportation, Torture, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Terminal illness

cocopeia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Deportation, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Grief

emeraldsanto's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, and Deportation

sophiemartin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Death, Murder, Cancer, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Grief

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

This book was circulating at the library a lot this summer and after it died down I decided to see what the hype was about and I was very happy with this book. I’m not partial to mysteries usually other than an Agatha Christie novel here and there, but I loved this type of mystery. The Molly Gray character was very interesting and lovable  and I wish I could read about her again and again. The people she surrounded herself weren’t always the best kind of people, but the way she sees them makes me not care because I just want to hear her point of view more and more. 
The mystery itself was good a little twist that I didn’t figure out so that was fun as I usually feel in mystery novels I figure out the ending half way through. 

Crying score: I got watery eyed for Molly, but right after she would make me smile. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/the-maid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying

hamohero's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Murder, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide

shadereads's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I'm not an avid mystery reader, so I'll refrain on commenting too much on the plot, only that I thought that some parts dragged and weren't particularly interesting, and maybe that the villain was too obvious? It didn't make for much intrigue in a murder mystery.

The atmosphere was also a bit lacking. I was reading, but not picturing the scenes very well. I also had a hard time placing the setting. At first it seemed like it was set in England, due to how the characters spoke, but through the course of the story, I believe it's supposed to be some nebulous city in the US. It just would have been nice to have a clear idea.

My bigger gripes are with the characters, especially our lead, Molly the maid. She seems to have been written to be on the autism spectrum, and that was the part I was most excited about as I am also autistic. Unfortunately, it didn't land right personally. Autism is a spectrum and all autistic people are different, but Molly felt a bit too exaggerated, and it's never explicitly stated in the text that she is autistic, even though the setting is modern. She was written to be very naive, in my opinion, and oblivious to too much. She's supposed to be 25, with a whole life of masking behind her, but she never exhibited those skills. Neither did she seem to stim, nor did she have shutdowns or meltdowns when things got too much (and there were moments that should have done that to her). Instead she 'faints'. I don't know, it just feels like ASD wasn't fully researched. I also just didn't understand her reasoning for some of her actions. They barely made any sense to me, and annoyed me, especially at the end.

The ending probably brought the story down even more for me. It was annoying and revealed information we should have known in the story, not after it had wrapped up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Cancer, and Ableism

Minor: Infidelity, Drug use, and Alcohol

Contains euthanasia of a terminally ill caretaker.

elysedc's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Alcoholism

reddeddy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Ableism, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Xenophobia