Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Maid by Nita Prose

15 reviews

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Torture, Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Deportation, Grief, and Gaslighting

lexhayz94's review against another edition

Ugh. My audiobook slump continues. I didn't go into this book expecting it to be an excellent, award-winning read by any stretch of the imagination, but this was bad. This author's stereotypical characterization of nearly every character of this book was absolutely cringe-worthy, but the way that Molly, the main character, was portrayed was borderline offensive. She felt like a cartoonish representation of someone on the ASD spectrum. It wasn't cute or quirky. It just used the main character as an object to be mistreated. There is a right way to include neurodivergent characters (which is so important in literature) and a wrong way, and this author did this all wrong. No thank you. Don't even care about the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, and Mental illness

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

ashley_books_cats_judo's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I requested this on Netgalley thinking it was for some reason a push on the book that is now a Netflix series which I was planning to watch after reading the book so I thought this was perfect.

This book has nothing to do with the Netflix series 🙈 it turned out to be so much up my alley and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Molly is a maid at the Regency Grand and I think a good way to describe her character is Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory. She was raised by her grandmother and is very trusting of everyone and takes them at their word.

Molly ends up being framed for murder and her friends help her figure out what’s gone on after she’s been arrested.

I flew through this book in a couple of sittings.

Have you made an error picking up a book with a similar title you thought was another before? Luckily for me, this was totally up my alley and a great mistake on my part.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and Penguin Random House Canada for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Excrement, Gun violence, and Pregnancy