A review by thespinystacks
The Maid by Nita Prose

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was a truly interesting and endearing novel. Molly is a maid, who has certain eccentricities ( think - Eleanor Oliphant). She doesn't read social cues in the way that many other people do, and for that, she has found herself in a precarious situation, one of which she isn't even aware of.

At first I thought the pacing of this story might be a little slow for me, but by 30% in I was truly sucked in and didn't want to put it down. A drama / mystery storyline combined with a truly endearing lead character, 'The Maid' sort of has it all. Towards the very end, I even found myself crying as Molly is more and more aware of how she is different but the same as the people around her.

Molly turns to her Gran, she leans on her for social cues and remembers "how" to act with the rhymes her Gran taught her as she navigated the world.

This is a classic whodunnit, but at its crux the meaning of the story is that different doesn't mean bad, and I think we could all use a little of that in the world right now.
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