Reviews with content warning for Murder - The Perfect Nanny

Tbh, it wasn’t the best book but it also certainly wasn’t the worst. I’ve just been on a massive book slump for the past 2 years and unfortunately at this point, I’m not sure if I can even calm myself a reader anymore. I mean I still avidly buy books and add so many to my tbr weekly, and I still get the excitement of finding a really good recomendación that I swear I’ll read. But when it comes to the act of sitting down and opening the book, my body just won’t cooperate with my brain. This book is pretty slow paced anyway which didn’t really help my attempt at healing my slump, and therefore I’ve given this book 3 stars as I know I would have enjoyed it , if I didn’t take 5 months just to read half of it. In fact, page 105 is a rough guess of where I left the book at; I guenuinly could not tell you if I last read up to the midlle or close the end! Again, not completely the fault of the book, but playing devils advocate, surely an enticing worthwhile read would intrigue even the worst of reading slumpers… (AND I absolutely hate DNFing books- if I don’t like a book 70 pages in i will force myself to endure the pain that is the next 300 pages left of it, yet this book managed to make me do it anyway?)

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cleoorrr's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

c'était vraiment sombre au début, mais ensuite cela vous a emmené dans un voyage qui a vraiment commenté l'impact du caractère des gens sur les autres

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eemil's review

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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meliemelo's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Après un premier chapitre qui tape fort, une étude de personnages nuancée qui prend son temps sans occulter le drame vers lequel on sait qu'on s'avance. J'ai trouvé la plume de Leïla Slimani intéressante et me suis volontiers laissée happer par le texte, même sans éprouver de grande sympathie pour les personnages. Cela m'a donné envie de lire davantage de romans francophones récents !

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