Nothing to See Here A Novel

A Bittersweet Tale of Kinship

Bewertung am 26.05.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2499943
Bewertet: eBook (ePUB)

Lilian is stuck in a shitty smalltown, stumbling from dead-beat job to dead-beat job and living in her mother's dusty attic. That is until her childhood friend Madison - beautiful, rich, successfully married to a senator - asks her for a dubious favour: Madison needs a governess for her step-children, 10-year-old twins Roland and Bessie. However, they have to be handled with care because every little agitation makes them burst into flames. In this bizarre predicament Lilian, Bessie and Roland form a bittersweet connection. Lilian goes through a development, in which she reflects on motherhood, her past and her inability to truly connect with someone. Wilson has created a bittersweet tale of what a family can and should be, while maintaining a great sense of humour. Definetely a comfort-read!

Now I Read It All

Flaka Mujaj (Mitglied der Book Circle Community) am 15.11.2023
Bewertungsnummer: 2069532
Bewertet: Buch (Gebundene Ausgabe)

Ever thought that you have read every possible storyline? Ever think you can predict a story? Let me introduce you to two children, twins, that catch on fire out of nowhere and a Nanny who has to stop them because their parents are important politicians. Did that sentence make sense to you? No? Well didn’t make sense to me either but I started reading it anyways and I regret nothing. Nothing in this world could have prepared me before reading this book and I was not disappointed. Maybe I have started having a nack for these “weird” storylines but the wilder it gets, the more intrigued I am. The focus was not on the firecatching at all and I believe there was a strong undertone and backstory in there. It’s not about fire children, It’s about children catching on fire which is usually connected to their emotions (not always) and I love that portrayal of children’s feeling being just as explosive. There is always ways more than the printed words on these 272 pages in the book say and I strongly urge for you all to give it a go without any prejudice.