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Þernan by Nita Prose

231 reviews

aboo99's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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veronica214's review against another edition

4.5

funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Molly the Maid loves order, perfection, and cleanliness. Although it's not explicitly addressed in the book, she is certainly neurotypical and often has a difficult time understanding body language, social cues, and sarcasm.

One day while cleaning a hotel room she discovers Mr. Black, a rich real estate tycoon, dead in his bed.

Needless to say, a wrench is thrown into Molly's mundane life. She must learn to use her best judgments and cope with a new situation.

Just like Molly, I love order and nothing makes me happier than a clean space. I'm not as regimented or thorough as she is, but I can relate. My OCPD appreciates Molly the Maid. This is a funny yet solid mystery story. "Dust we must."

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greatexpectations77's review against another edition

4.5

challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I felt a little like this was the adult mystery version of Amelia Bedelia. Mistaking

cocaine

for powdered sugar. I would be interested to read more about this book as a portrayal of ASD. Molly isn't officially diagnosed as being on the spectrum, but I assume that is the implication. I think it is an interesting look at clear communication and valuing the input of how every individual person's brain works. It was also a very fun mystery, and I'm excited to read the next book in this series. I thought the colors-as-names bit was very fun, and I REALLY hope that in future books, Molly can track down

that goddamn ex-boyfriend who stole her money!!!

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literary_laur's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mourbooks013's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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hayleythompson's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

4.75

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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lizethsreads's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I loved so many different parts to this. I absolutely recommend this as an audiobook though. I could see reading this being difficult considering Molly’s monologue is very very proper grammar, and it’s somewhat different from what we’re used to seeing in books these days. I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but I believe Molly is an autistic woman. I don’t think I’ve read many books where we have a character like her. Throughout this book I felt very frustrated with some characters because of how they acted towards Molly. Personally if I catch on to someone being different, I try to emphasize with them instead of being rude or thinking they’re dumb. So people making fun of her was definitely a turn off, although I think that was entirely the point. Overall I lived that Nita wrote Molly the way she did for especially considering this is a mystery. I absolutely loved the ending. Couldn’t recommend this more.

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waqupi's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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rachel_purple's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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