2.5 Stars
When you spend your entire life making comments like this . . . .
Not everything ends up being a winner. My mediocre reaction to this one can probably be blamed on the fact that I have read quite a few stories revolving around . . . .
And, unfortunately, when it comes to stories of caretakers who just up and went “poof” in the night, I kinda liked The Au Pair better.
This book was perfectly fine - it just didn’t blow me away. The premise is as I said before – Jocelyn’s beloved Nanny Hannah left one night never to be heard from again. When Jo finds herself in a financial pickle after being widowed, she has to move back in to the family estate with own daughter. Human remains are discovered in a lake on the property and Jo immediately thinks it must be Hannah. Until Hannah shows up at the same door she apparently walked out of 30 years ago.
The Nanny takes this sort of approach when it comes to storytelling . . . .
Apparently every idea was one that stuck to the wall. Not only was there the . . . .
With a potential for . . . .
As well as . . . . .
But there was also a bit of . . . .
(And lemme just tell you – this ain’t no Goldfinch, kids)
All in all this was an okay way to spend a couple of hours, but I won’t remember anything about it in the long run.
Not everything ends up being a winner. My mediocre reaction to this one can probably be blamed on the fact that I have read quite a few stories revolving around . . . .
And, unfortunately, when it comes to stories of caretakers who just up and went “poof” in the night, I kinda liked The Au Pair better.
This book was perfectly fine - it just didn’t blow me away. The premise is as I said before – Jocelyn’s beloved Nanny Hannah left one night never to be heard from again. When Jo finds herself in a financial pickle after being widowed, she has to move back in to the family estate with own daughter. Human remains are discovered in a lake on the property and Jo immediately thinks it must be Hannah. Until Hannah shows up at the same door she apparently walked out of 30 years ago.
The Nanny takes this sort of approach when it comes to storytelling . . . .
Apparently every idea was one that stuck to the wall. Not only was there the . . . .
With a potential for . . . .
As well as . . . . .
But there was also a bit of . . . .
(And lemme just tell you – this ain’t no Goldfinch, kids)
All in all this was an okay way to spend a couple of hours, but I won’t remember anything about it in the long run.
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