Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Maid by Nita Prose

42 reviews

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Dementia, Death of parent, Infidelity, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

davidrb's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I just didn't like it. Sorry about that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

beca_reads's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is one of the books I was super excited to get too this year, and this turned out to be a slight disappointment. Overall I really did enjoy this book, we follow Molly who is a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel. Molly is use to blending in and people not seeing her, until one day Mr Black a popular guest is found dead in his room. Suddenly Molly is thrust to the front of the investigation having been the last person to see him alive. What is clear from the beginning (though it is never clearly stated) is that Molly is autistic or at least autistically coded, the one thing I have to say about this is that it makes her sound like an unreliable narrator as she misses out on a lot of social cues. This may just be me, but I felt like Molly being Autistic was used to further the plot because without that, the mystery would of be solved quickly, hence why I have not given this five stars. Non the less it was a fun mystery and the characters were all loveable, I was slightly disappointed by the ending as I felt it was rushed. I do look forward, however to the film adaptation as I think it will translate well to the screen

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Murder

madradstarchild's review against another edition

This is a clear instance of a neurotypical author writing from the "perspective" of a neurodivergent-coded character without actually understanding how neurodivergence works. It's ableist that she assumes someone who doesn't understand social cues will be

too "innocent" to realize she's being lied to/manipulated into abetting crimes

. This is an ableist caricature of neurodivergence and it's going to perpetuate inaccurate assumptions about neuodivergent people. 0/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

kenziewol's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I ended up really enjoying this book. At first, I struggled a bit to get into it as it’s a bit slower and the writing style is a little different, but once the mystery got rolling I was sucked in! 

I ended up loving Molly! Seeing the story from her point of view was very interesting and I loved trying to figure out what was actually happening vs how she perceived it. I was suprised by the ending and definitely didn’t see it coming around to that at all. 

Overall, this was an enjoyable cozy mystery & a quick easy read. 

If you’re a fan of the show, Murder in the Building, I think you’ll really enjoy this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Bullying

ate_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Classism, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

calcifire's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective 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

the mystery was pretty cut and dry and over too quickly, other than a slight twist at the end that doesn't really change very much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence

angelareads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Very voice-y and absolutely brilliant. Best of the year so far! 

Not a 5 star because it felt like the book ended twice. It was very strange. 

*revising to a 5 star. I keep thinking about it. It's just so good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Murder, Addiction, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Alcohol, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Domestic abuse