Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection. But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late? A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
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After much thought, this book is still a 3 stars for me. The plot was good but I don't like what the author did with Molly's character. It was bit confusing having her not understand some things but fully understand others. Also there was some parts where it got a bit boring. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either.
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I’m generally pretty good at suspending disbelief, but at times I felt Molly wasn’t a totally believable character. My favorite parts of this book were the flashbacks. There were quite a few of them, and they were used really well to give context to the present — in those parts, I was totally immersed and forgot that we’d skipped back to the past.
The mentions of The Olive Garden were great and had me laughing. Ultimately, a lot of good takeaways from this one. The one that stands out for me is to not let others’ opinions diminish my own. Molly is someone who knows what she wants and is comfortable living life on her own terms. I have a lot of respect for her despite some of her less than plausible personality traits
0I'm pretty torn about this. Some parts of the book I really liked: a lot of the characters were really endearing, and the story itself was pretty simple which can be nice sometimes. However. I felt Molly's character wasn't done well. Most of the time she was cast as extremely literal, highly naive and misunderstanding in her interactions, and infallibly innocent, but where convenient she'd suddenly become extraordinarily perceptive and even borderline conniving. Altogether a portrayal of neurodivergency that didn't sit quite right with me. It also took away from the book: the murderer reveal at the end was entirely unbelievable and just seemed like a sloppy tying off of a loose end (in fact a lot of things were thrown in unnecessarily). I think knowing the books popularity I really wanted to like it more than I truly did. It's fine, I wouldn't recommend anyone go out of their way to read it.
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