Reviews

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

ella210800's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

alidaa's review against another edition

Too slow and nothing was happening

ariablack03's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-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

bejatehi's review

adventurous funny 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? No

4.25

Loved 

• Simple and quick and easy to read along book, but with lots of quirks of the current issues and past links between characters which was good within the narrative.
• Setting this in Edwardian period and seeing the lower class and upper class divide and the underlying humour between the classes was really interesting.
• This was as if Downton abbey met oceans 11 which I was all for and really enjoyed. 
• Underlying plots within the plot we're integrated really well to build up the bigger final picture without being confusing 

Disliked

• It was a good simple read. Didn't blow me away but was nice and readable. I enjoyed it as a relaxing book.
• A few characters I wanted more from to try and feel more connected to, such as the early life of Winnie and more about William and Mrs King. But I suppose the added length to the book which was already a fair length may have been too much. Could be seen as a credit to the author that they made such interesting characters you want to know more about.

irissunshine's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

micaela_s's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

chippywatts's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

Nonsense. Reasonably written but ridiculous plot/farce

inquisitivevic's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

xyzeniamarie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

tired_tilda's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

A good heist, with a compelling cast of characters, although there are a lot of unneeded plot threads put I'm to make the characters more likable.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Rape