Reviews

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

mtngrl85's review

3.0

I have been putting off writing this review because I don't want to be too harsh! I think it's great that Land put pen to paper and got her story out there but I feel that her life was quite normal. We all struggle, we all fall down. We all have some family members that we would like to trade-in for new ones and we have all had shitty boyfriends. We all have to work hard to put food on the table and pay the bills.

I would have liked to see Land open up more about the abuse she suffered but I found there was just a lot of complaining about the hard work she did, how bad her body hurt, and how little time she got to spend with her daughter. It's hard to sympathize when I know so many people in the same type of situation. The best part of this story was Land's never-ending determination to do better in life and that's why I gave her the third star.

This novel was very repetitive to the point where I was skimming. Yes, there is a great message nestled into the pages of this book but it wasn't earth-changing for me at all. I can't say if I recommend it or not. It's an important story but I think it's one we all know because most of us are living it. It didn't live up to the hype for me.

brooklynn_reads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.25

littlemrsrankins's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

bsmith27's review

3.0

A good story of a woman who finds herself pregnant and single. To make ends meet she becomes a cleaner. It is a story of overcoming trauma. The author doesn't acknowledge some of the positives in her life like the man she lives with and helps her out several times after their relationship ends.

lewisforbes's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

gdurham's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

webdoyenne's review

3.0

I usually enjoy reading biographies/memoirs of people whose experiences are different than mind, but this one made me feel a bit voyeuristic.

nic78's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

mrsgreenberg's review

3.0

This was a good look at what people in poverty go through.

meghanavenkatesh's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75