Publish Date: January 9 2018
Read Date: 08/19/2018 - 09/04/2018
I will start this off by saying that I did not finish this book. The choice for me to not finish a book, is not an easy one. I try to push through to the end irregardless of how much I am enjoying, or not enjoying the book. I was pulled in by the first chapter, then it fell flat and simply confusing.
** THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE REVIEW. THIS BOOK WAS NOT READ IN ITS ENTIRETY****
The Baby is dead. This is the first line you read.
Myriam, a Lawyer, and Paul are busy professionals who decide that the best thing for their family is to bring in a nanny for their 2 children, toddler Mila and baby Adam. After interviewing many, and liking none, the family finds Louise. Louise is the idyllic nanny. She cooks, she cleans, she is excellent with children. It's as if the children are her entire life. Louise becomes so much part of the family that she even accompanies them on vacations.
This is where it all falls apart for me. The chapters are short, simply 2-5 pages each. The book jumps around from past to present with no warning, and no explanation. There is no segue and no flow from one jump to the other. You simply are reading the present at one moment and then about Louises daughter troubles the next.
Based on other reviews and the idea of the book, you gather that somewhere down the line Louise snaps or breaks down and murders the children. While it started off amazing, it fell quickly.
The book could almost be 2 separate books simultaneously. It is hard to follow, frustrating and confusing.
As interested as I was prior to even reading the first chapter I failed to maintain enough interest to continue reading to the end.
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