Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Maid by Nita Prose

22 reviews

vireogirl's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Read it in one evening. Several chuckles. Nice to see a neurodiverse character. A bit cheesy at times but there were some twists I didn’t expect and a lovely message of embracing who you are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Infidelity, Alcohol, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

annaofjesup's review

hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Minor: Deportation

kshertz's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This is definitely an interesting book and a mystery that kept me on my toes. It was kind of hard at times to see what was happening to Molly. But It had a great ending and so I would highly recommend it as a great mystery thriller with a protagonist that you can root for. It was nice to see Molly find her people and place. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Deportation, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

dev921's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Abandonment

chaotically_katie's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Deportation, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Trafficking

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Deportation, Murder, Terminal illness, Death, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book reminded me of Eleanor Oliphant is Fine a bit — the main characters being somewhat strange and therefor similar. I liked that the narrator was morally grey, because she was a bit different than other people. I also found her naivety to be quite refreshing if not a bit unbelievable. All in all, a quick read that is interesting and well-written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Classism, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

jessismoore's review

dark hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The story was definitely an  interesting concept, a maid that cleans your room knows a lot about you but cleans everything up after you so it’s a good crime scene. However, I found aspects of Molly’s personality to just be convenient for the plot. I saw other reviews before starting that described her as a neurotypical person’s view of how a neurodivergent person acts and that made me hesitant to read this but it was for a book club. I made it  through the book without a problem and it kept my interest. I did enjoy the story but I still felt like the book justified a lot of Molly’s behavior, especially near the end of the book. I understand the narrator doesn’t necessarily reflect the author but it felt off at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Grief

pinkpotayto's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

It was a neat premise, and the route the author took wasn't worn out either. It was very unique. Everything was tied together in the end but it was just a bit underwhelming for me. Not a bad book, just not as surprising and mysterious as I had hoped. It was also frustrating too that the way the outcome unfolded was like, so unrealistic and way too perfect and on the nose like, it just seemed like, very typical happy ending resolution.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Cancer

lafocareta's review

funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I burned through this book in a few hours and I'm still thinking about it. Molly Gray is coded autistic, but never described as such, and it's hard, as the reader, to watch her being taken advantage of and set up without her realizing it. She loves neatness, order, cleanliness, and routines, so it stands to reason she's a really good maid, just like her Gran before her. Sadly, Gran has died, and Molly has to navigate the world alone. When a perfectly ordinary day at the hotel job she loves turns into a crime scene, Molly's dream job turns into a nightmare as she finds herself the chief murder suspect.

Whew, the ableism, folks. Molly is treated like garbage by almost everyone at the hotel, and because she doesn't pick up on social cues, she doesn't even know. That's as real as it gets. Molly's language is stilted and ornate, she overexplains, and basically everyone just thinks she's weird. People love autistic people when they're like Wednesday Adams, but the Molly Grays of the world get treated like dirt.  This was hard for me to get through, but to be perfectly honest, so many of Molly's experiences mirrored my own that I felt like I was looking into an awkward, painful mirror.

If you're neurospicy and have the stomach for it, this can be a thought-provoking read. If you're neurotypical, it's going to seem like a clever conceit for telling a mystery tale. But solving the crime is actually less important than Molly finding people who understand her and care about her just the way she is, without patronizing her or treating her like a child. As a mystery, it's perfectly fine. As a character study, it's thought-provoking and will lead to good conversations about autistic representation and how it's executed, so I'm glad I picked it for my book club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Ableism, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

Spoiler

The death is actually the heroine's grandmother, but the grandmother raised her and was the only parent she new, so I'm classing it as such. It isn't graphic but it does drive the plot. Also, there are two incidences of assisted suicide, one detailed, one mentioned in passing.