A review by rebeccapughs
The Maid by Nita Prose

medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

1.5

This was one of those books that the more I thought about it, the more I hated it. Molly, the main character, is very obviously autistic although this is never mentioned. Words like ‘odd’, ‘weird’ and ‘different’ are used to describe her. Like, when exactly is this set?? They mention emojis so it’s obviously set fairly recently and yet no one considers the possibility that Molly is neurodivergent? Is it set in a world where autism doesn’t exist? 

Also, the 2 twists at the end of the book kind of infuriated me to the point where each twist lost it a star.
she smothered her grandmother with a pillow as an agreed way to end her suffering and then, in the last chapter, it turns out she knew who the murderer was the entire time as she had a conversation with her before she phoned for help the second time. There weren’t ever any clues to point to this and it came completely out of nowhere, which means Molly lied to everyone who helped her to clear her name, and we as the reader, were lied to as well. A plot twist shouldn’t come completely out of nowhere, on a reread, you should be able to pick up on subtle clues that point towards it. Maybe there was and I’ve just missed them??
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