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The Maid
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January 1, 2023
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January 31, 2023
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PattyMacDotComma
4★
‘I’m a maid, not a gossip, thank you very much. I’m paid to keep my mouth shut and return rooms to a state of perfection. I pride myself on getting the job done and then disappearing without a trace.’


That’s Molly . . . Molly the Maid, as someone jokes about her name being a cliché. But Molly herself seldom jokes, because she tends to take things literally and doesn’t always understand sarcasm and teasing. It’s hard being different, but as her beloved gran has always said ‘We’re all the sam
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☮Karen
3 stars. An enjoyable story idea and a main character sure to charm you like Eleanor Oliphant. Well, not quite. Unfortunately the author chose to throw in an endless array of trite little cliches throughout what seemed like every page. A few would be cute but it got to be too much. "Never assume or you make an a-s-s out of u and me" appeared, I believe, three times. Some of the dialog was duplicated in later sections to the point I repeatedly thought I must have accidentally rewound back to a pr ...more
Meera
Jan 31, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I enjoyed this refreshing mystery from the viewpoint of a character from the spectrum. Molly was adorable and I cringed at how she misunderstood other people's intentions and motivations. I trusted that everything will be all right in the end though, just like Molly's beloved grandmother had promised her. I look forward to seeing what the author comes out with next. ...more
Katherine
Jan 20, 2022 rated it really liked it
3.75
I really liked this book once I was able to really get into it. I set it aside for a few days then came back to it. I thought it dragged on for awhile but I adored Molly.

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