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La camarera by Nita Prose

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msmagoo502's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious

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

4.75

alexandc's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.5

christyc's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Ugh if it wasn’t for the fact I finished this book in pretty much two sittings, I wouldn’t have finished it.

Molly’s character was interesting to start with - very much implied autistic in the way she speaks and repeats herself, I was interested to see how her character played out. However I ended up finding everything very cheesy and questioning her decisions. The main one being

why on earth did she protect Mrs Black? She had no allegiance to her whatsoever and could have immediately said her name to the police and the book could have ended a hell of a lot earlier lol

Also the grandmother?

Making your heavily implied autistic granddaughter end your life? Such a selfish and unfounded choice there.

Not sure I’ll continue the series.

paigestabler's review against another edition

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1.0

this book is so boring and repetitive. i don’t recommend.

nctbriize's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

3.75

adrianadelrs's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

libraryofmarella_13's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

2.0

bookwhisperercat's review against another edition

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emotional funny mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

lisa_m's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I expected to really like this book but sadly I was disappointed.

At the beginning I found the narration and perspective of Molly very interresting and well done. But every time she talked about or with Rodney I just became so frustrated! I wanted to dnf this book so many times but instead I finished the audiobook on 3x speed. I liked the aspects of an autistic maid becoming friends with a rich socialite. But Molly not only not recognising all the criminal activity around her for what it was but also participating in it soon got very frustrating to read about. Sometimes it made sense for her character but sometimes she just seemed dumb. For me one of my favourite aspects of reading a Mystery book is following a smart person who sees clues where noone else does. That's why I like Sherlock so much. But Molly wasn't even really involved in trying to figure out who had done it and why. She was just forced into the whole thing by other people and then had to be saved. Also she is the only one who actually saw the real killer? And decided not only to hide their identity but clean up after them? And she didn't even reveal that while she herself was accused of murder? I was soo confused by that and I really can't get over it. I also wish her friendship with Gisele had gone differently because that is a very interesting dynamic. But most of the other storylines just made me mad. Her savings being stolen by her boyfriend and she didn't even tell anyone because she didn't want her grandmother to worry? Also wtf was that ending? She killed her own grandmother??? And that's why she hid that Mr. Blacks ex-wife killed him with a pillow because she saw herself in her?? That's such a weird plottwist that just doesn't make sense to me. For someone who likes rules that much it all seems very out of character. Also her constantly thinking Rodney wants to date her even though he just uses her and wants to get information? And her spending her last money on a super expensive outfit for their 'date'? All of those things made this book not very enjoyable for me. The story was fine and had some interesting elements but it was just way too frustrating for me and there were almost no fun or enjoyable aspects. Maybe thats just not what this book is meant to be but it definitely wasn't it for me and I'm not going to be reading the next two books in this series.

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pannemak's review against another edition

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inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

It was a fun book. It was hard to see the main character mistreated but the end redeemed it all.

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