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A review by michelleub
The Maid by Nita Prose
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
So, was it Bad? No. Was it good. Not really. Captivating? Nah.
I began enjoying this book at the 70% mark which isn’t how it should be. Honestly one should be lucky that I don’t really dnf books. This books is categorized as a thriller which certainly isn’t true. A book can’t be a thriller just because someone dies. It’s like not every book with a romance plot is a romance book, subplots don’t count. So I must say that this mainly focuses on crime. Molly is a heavily autistic coded fmc, scratch that, she is autistic they just never mention it in the book but it is heavily implied. But because of this I feel like I can’t criticize her character, some people actually are this oblivious. But it was just annoying to have to be apart of it. Like you have probably been bullied your whole life, have you not learned the signs, has no one taught them to you? Just infuriating. I’m sorry but I just don’t want to read a book about someone getting used in such an obvious and not being able to recognize that. But it’s not just that, her whole preppy vibe just wasn’t for me. Maybe crime books just aren’t for me. I don’t know this was a first.
I began enjoying this book at the 70% mark which isn’t how it should be. Honestly one should be lucky that I don’t really dnf books. This books is categorized as a thriller which certainly isn’t true. A book can’t be a thriller just because someone dies. It’s like not every book with a romance plot is a romance book, subplots don’t count. So I must say that this mainly focuses on crime. Molly is a heavily autistic coded fmc, scratch that, she is autistic they just never mention it in the book but it is heavily implied. But because of this I feel like I can’t criticize her character, some people actually are this oblivious. But it was just annoying to have to be apart of it. Like you have probably been bullied your whole life, have you not learned the signs, has no one taught them to you? Just infuriating. I’m sorry but I just don’t want to read a book about someone getting used in such an obvious and not being able to recognize that. But it’s not just that, her whole preppy vibe just wasn’t for me. Maybe crime books just aren’t for me. I don’t know this was a first.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness