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A review by aitchfrost
What the Nanny Saw by Kaira Rouda
4.0
Tense, gripping and deeply unsettling. This book plays brilliantly on the insecurities of the early stages of motherhood, when you’re sleep deprived, unsure if you’re doing the right things and about your capabilities to care for another helpless human being. This coupled with a traumatised past and domestic abuse to the nth degree (he tried to murder her) it couldn’t get more wobbly if it tried. The knight in shining armour in the shape of a nanny, is definitely not all that she seems, albeit with her own tragic and messed up past and then it just gets more and more terrifying. I could almost feel a big cloud of doom and disaster hovering right over me.
I didn’t actually like any of the characters, too many flaws and selfishness a plenty but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the book. I guessed a few of the little twists and turns but, again, that wasn’t a problem. My only (slight) disappointment was that it seemed to wind up in a bit of a hurry and left it feeling a bit unfinished for me. A great psychological thriller nonetheless.
I didn’t actually like any of the characters, too many flaws and selfishness a plenty but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment of the book. I guessed a few of the little twists and turns but, again, that wasn’t a problem. My only (slight) disappointment was that it seemed to wind up in a bit of a hurry and left it feeling a bit unfinished for me. A great psychological thriller nonetheless.