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marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is absolutely unhinged, and I loved it. Formerly a nurse on the run, Margo is a new woman upon settling in a small town as an “experienced” librarian. Two years in, and still no one knows about her past until Margo lets something slip to Patricia, her new coworker. The dual narrators become fast frenemies, equally obsessed with their exploits—Patricia secretly writing her next novel about Margo, and Margo “helping” people under the guise of a warm yet no-nonsense librarian. Fact and fiction blur into one in this darkly funny tale of two driven women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Medical content, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content and Vomit
expertbooksmuggler's review against another edition
5.0
How Can I Help You is a uniquely riveting novel following two employees of a library as they gravitate toward one another.
Margo, who isn’t really Margo, has been working at this library for a bit now. She’s settled on a routine, a personality, a meaning for her life now that she has started all over. She relishes her role at the library and views herself as an integral part of the team.
Until failed novelist Patricia joins the team.
Patricia fixates rather quickly on Margo and from there all of Margo’s little secrets are unraveled.
While this book doesn’t share a premise with The Maid by Nita Prose the voice and tone of writing are so similar that I’d recommend this book to fans of The Maid based on that alone. It’s fun, fast paced, and just a little whimsical in a way that also reminds me of You by Caroline Kepnes.
Margo is a mish-mash of Molly and Joe except in this case she has her own stalker named Patricia.
The stakes are low, the entertainment is high, and with a surprising amount of coziness to this novel I think it would be a terrific book to pickup on a cold day. Highly recommend!
Margo, who isn’t really Margo, has been working at this library for a bit now. She’s settled on a routine, a personality, a meaning for her life now that she has started all over. She relishes her role at the library and views herself as an integral part of the team.
Until failed novelist Patricia joins the team.
Patricia fixates rather quickly on Margo and from there all of Margo’s little secrets are unraveled.
While this book doesn’t share a premise with The Maid by Nita Prose the voice and tone of writing are so similar that I’d recommend this book to fans of The Maid based on that alone. It’s fun, fast paced, and just a little whimsical in a way that also reminds me of You by Caroline Kepnes.
Margo is a mish-mash of Molly and Joe except in this case she has her own stalker named Patricia.
The stakes are low, the entertainment is high, and with a surprising amount of coziness to this novel I think it would be a terrific book to pickup on a cold day. Highly recommend!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
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