A review by beca_reads
The Maid by Nita Prose

lighthearted mysterious medium-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? No

3.0

This is one of the books I was super excited to get too this year, and this turned out to be a slight disappointment. Overall I really did enjoy this book, we follow Molly who is a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel. Molly is use to blending in and people not seeing her, until one day Mr Black a popular guest is found dead in his room. Suddenly Molly is thrust to the front of the investigation having been the last person to see him alive. What is clear from the beginning (though it is never clearly stated) is that Molly is autistic or at least autistically coded, the one thing I have to say about this is that it makes her sound like an unreliable narrator as she misses out on a lot of social cues. This may just be me, but I felt like Molly being Autistic was used to further the plot because without that, the mystery would of be solved quickly, hence why I have not given this five stars. Non the less it was a fun mystery and the characters were all loveable, I was slightly disappointed by the ending as I felt it was rushed. I do look forward, however to the film adaptation as I think it will translate well to the screen
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