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Nanny Dearest
by Flora Collins
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: Nanny Dearest
Author: Flora Collins
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 3/5
Recommended For...: thriller, mystery
Publication Date: November 30, 2021
Genre: Thriller
Recommended Age: 17+ (sexual assault possibly, animal violence, animal death, violence, mental health, alcohol consumption, parental death, grief)
Explanation of CWs: There is one possibly sexual assault scene, but it was really vague and non-descriptive so it’s hard to tell what really happened. Animal violence and animal killing/death described in detail. Mental health used in an unfavorable manner. Alcohol consumption and drunkenness are shown in the book. There is also a parental death scene in the book and a lot of the book focuses on the main character’s grief.
Publisher: MIRA
Pages: 336
Synopsis: Sue Keller is lost. When her father dies suddenly, she's orphaned in her mid-twenties, her mother already long gone. Then Sue meets Annie. It’s been twenty years, but Annie could never forget that face. She was Sue’s live-in nanny at their big house upstate, and she loved Sue like she was her own.
Craving connection and mothering, Sue is only too eager to welcome Annie back into her life; but as they become inseparable once again, Sue starts to uncover the truth about Annie's unsettling time in the Keller house all those years ago, particularly the manner of her departure—or dismissal. At the same time, she begins to grow increasingly alarmed for the safety of the two new charges currently in Annie's care.
Told in alternating points of views—Annie in the mid-'90s and Sue in the present day—this taut novel of suspense will keep readers turning the pages right up to the shocking end.
Review: For the most part this was an ok book. The story was interesting and it kept me intrigued. I also felt like the character development was well done and the world building was solid.
However, I had a lot of issues reading this book. It was hard to read and it was very draining to keep reading. The book was incredibly slow and nothing really happened until about 75% of the way through. The book is also told in a weird way and I just couldn’t connect with it at all. I was also really off-put by what I felt was the use of mental illness in this book and I especially had issue with the use of animal abuse and violence being used to make someone the villain of the story. That’s really off-putting to me as a reader.
Verdict: It wasn’t for me.
Book: Nanny Dearest
Author: Flora Collins
Book Series: Standalone
Rating: 3/5
Recommended For...: thriller, mystery
Publication Date: November 30, 2021
Genre: Thriller
Recommended Age: 17+ (sexual assault possibly, animal violence, animal death, violence, mental health, alcohol consumption, parental death, grief)
Explanation of CWs: There is one possibly sexual assault scene, but it was really vague and non-descriptive so it’s hard to tell what really happened. Animal violence and animal killing/death described in detail. Mental health used in an unfavorable manner. Alcohol consumption and drunkenness are shown in the book. There is also a parental death scene in the book and a lot of the book focuses on the main character’s grief.
Publisher: MIRA
Pages: 336
Synopsis: Sue Keller is lost. When her father dies suddenly, she's orphaned in her mid-twenties, her mother already long gone. Then Sue meets Annie. It’s been twenty years, but Annie could never forget that face. She was Sue’s live-in nanny at their big house upstate, and she loved Sue like she was her own.
Craving connection and mothering, Sue is only too eager to welcome Annie back into her life; but as they become inseparable once again, Sue starts to uncover the truth about Annie's unsettling time in the Keller house all those years ago, particularly the manner of her departure—or dismissal. At the same time, she begins to grow increasingly alarmed for the safety of the two new charges currently in Annie's care.
Told in alternating points of views—Annie in the mid-'90s and Sue in the present day—this taut novel of suspense will keep readers turning the pages right up to the shocking end.
Review: For the most part this was an ok book. The story was interesting and it kept me intrigued. I also felt like the character development was well done and the world building was solid.
However, I had a lot of issues reading this book. It was hard to read and it was very draining to keep reading. The book was incredibly slow and nothing really happened until about 75% of the way through. The book is also told in a weird way and I just couldn’t connect with it at all. I was also really off-put by what I felt was the use of mental illness in this book and I especially had issue with the use of animal abuse and violence being used to make someone the villain of the story. That’s really off-putting to me as a reader.
Verdict: It wasn’t for me.