Welcome to Litsy!

This was a fascinating listen as we hear a story from Estela, a maid to a middle-class family, as we know straight away a child has died and that Estela is telling her story from a locked room.

I thought some of the impact was lost at the end, with the introduction of the wider political unrest in Chile, but I wish I knew more about this background and its relationship to the socio-economic structures of the country before listening,

I expected more of a traditional mystery/thriller but I don‘t think that‘s a good representation. It‘s a bit dense and can get quite heavy (a child dies - we learn that very early on and the book unravels how we got there.) It feels more about class and agency than what happens to the child. It‘s interesting just not what I expected.

I feel bad panning a book, but I really didn‘t like this one. I did not find it thrilling or suspenseful, rather more of a trudge feeling ( but maybe that‘s the idea) Set in Santiago , Chile. The story of a housekeeper and the family she works for. I didn‘t bail though, I wanted to find out what happened… and I was reading it on a train, so I was stuck with it and propelled forward. The first half was good. Maybe a So-So 👍🏻