Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Maid by Nita Prose

293 reviews

passionatereader78's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

Well written mystery! I didn't see the ending coming! Fun read! I love Molly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

jlblumenfeld's review against another edition

3.0

This book kind of frustrated me in that it felt kind of like they were making light of what literally happens to ASD folks regularly, getting unknowingly coerced/manipulated into crimes because they think the person is their friend. I appreciated the ending and was glad she ended up with JM.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Deportation, Suicide, Murder, Ableism, and Toxic friendship

celery's review against another edition

Didn't vibe with the writing style. I don't believe it was very good autistic representation either, the narrator/main character did not come across as autistic, she came across stupid, and they are not the same thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Grief, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

cla773's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

The story was very slow to develop, felt really predictable until around 4/5ths of the way through, where it then felt rushed. Shame as the story was strong but balanced incorrectly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse

lydsgrace99's review against another edition

funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Death, Deportation, Cancer, Physical abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Grief, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, and Alcoholism

seismicality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book, the plot twist at the end really surprised me!  I don't think I've read a book before with the point-of-view of someone who is autistic (or at least heavily implied to be) - which is great representation for Neurodiverse folks. The depiction was well written, although I believe it fell into quite a few stereotypes - which took away from that slightly. Overall a good book :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Torture, Terminal illness, Deportation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gun violence, Addiction, and Eating disorder

snon's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

Pretty good representation of autism. The mystery was simple but the characters carried the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug use, Murder, Ableism, Blood, and Violence

courtshutt's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

This was the fastest read for me this year! Easy to follow along, Such a quick moving story. Love the different point of view of our main character. The final twist was a HUGE shocker to end the story on. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

inspiring sad fast-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

4.0

really easy to read. did not realise mc was going to be on the autism spectrum. whilst it’s not said explicitly it’s heavily implied and it hurts having to watch her get manipulated by those around her but it was soothing to know she had others around her that did genuinely care about her
i loved the plot, really enjoyed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Death of parent

lilawsahar's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I wish I knew Molly because I feel like we’d be good friends. 

The author did a wonderful job of writing out Mollys observations where the reader understood what was happening even though Molly did not. I can’t wait to read the sequel. 

I can’t believe that the first Mrs. Black killed Mr. Black. I thought Molly was the culprit for sure especially after she admitted to killing her grandmother out of mercy. That would have been very “Of Mice and Men” of her. I wonder why the bartender tried to get Molly accused of murder if he was not the one who killed Mr.Black. That still doesn’t make sense. I’m also glad that Molly got justice on all the people who had wronged her. Also, Juan and Molly are so cute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Sexism