The Housemaid
2022 • 338 pages

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15

I read this for a book club, and I enjoyed it. 
On the surface, I thought the way this was written was compulsively readable. It did some things I had never read before in a thriller, even though I have read that it is very similar to another. (I hadn't read it). Personally the change in perspective, even with the novel being first person, was a real surprise for me. 
The plot itself is a little slow for me though, so when the climax finally came crashing in, it felt oddly short. The main character was also a bit unlikable, which comes to a head for me when the character does something I personally find despicable, then the novel has no one really likable in it at all. 
Why does the new housemaid's bedroom have a lock on the outside of the door, not the inside? Read it and find out! Personally a 3/5*. 

“Those were my books, and you didn't treat them very well, did you?” This is the best quote of the book, please enjoy it very out of context. 

April 13, 2023