A review by louisawjanssen
The Maid by Nita Prose

3.0

The ending pissed me OFF!!! Actually, the last 100 pages in general pissed me off – this novel had so much promise to be a unique spin on a whodunit through a particularly interesting protagonist, but went from being a realistic and poignant commentary on how neurodivergent people are often treated differently by police and in dealings of the law in general to what read as a cheesy after-school special of an unlikely team coming together and solving the murder. It honestly read like the author was possessed by bad judgment halfway through; I never expected the fall-off to be so abrupt and steep. And then that fucking epilogue pretty much invalidated the ENTIRETY of the narrative – what the fuck was that?! There were so many other options!! I'm going to be pissed about this for a long time

2.5/5