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A review by kaiyakaiyo
The Maid by Nita Prose
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
3.75
okay so that ending was NOT what i expected lol. haven’t read a murder mystery in a while (by choice) so maybe my whodunit skills were rusty but my goodness!
this was really sweet towards the end, but frankly the amount of secondhand embarrassment and “duh” moments we are meant to feel was overwhelming. constantly seeing molly be the butt of jokes or straight up used because she didn’t understand was honestly painful. I will not be reading the next book for that reason but I liked the resolution of this book
this book felt like Monk except there’s no actual diagnosis and people just keep calling her vague things like “different” or “odd”. not sure how i feel about that tbh but the found family bits are really nice.
as an aside I have to say that the grandma was INCREDIBLY fucked up for a lot of reasons but especially how she died???? why would you make your child promise something like that
this was really sweet towards the end, but frankly the amount of secondhand embarrassment and “duh” moments we are meant to feel was overwhelming. constantly seeing molly be the butt of jokes or straight up used because she didn’t understand was honestly painful. I will not be reading the next book for that reason but I liked the resolution of this book
this book felt like Monk except there’s no actual diagnosis and people just keep calling her vague things like “different” or “odd”. not sure how i feel about that tbh but the found family bits are really nice.
as an aside I have to say that the grandma was INCREDIBLY fucked up for a lot of reasons but especially how she died???? why would you make your child promise something like that
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Deportation