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What a delightful review!!! Thank you, as always, for sharing.
Rlygirl wrote: "What a delightful review!!! Thank you, as always, for sharing."
My pleasure - hope you enjoy!
I attempted to read this book ages ago and DNF’d it. I feel like I wasn’t in the right headspace back then to treat Emily with the patience her character needed and your review has solidly convinced me I need to give the book another shot.
Steph wrote: "I attempted to read this book ages ago and DNF’d it. I feel like I wasn’t in the right headspace back then to treat Emily with the patience her character needed and your review has solidly convince..."
I agree Emily is staunchly unsympathetic throughout but I kind of loved that for her. As a staunchly unsympathetic person, I identify a lot with (and value deeply) staunchly unsympathetic characters. I think we're also sort of conditioned to see the governess trope as, you know, a woman coming into a situation she 'saves' through emotional labour. Emily is very much the one who needs saving in Trouble (even if it never feels disempowering or patronising that she is); so I think the whole book is pulling against its own trope in that way. But it was fascinating to me & I loved it.
But - yes, there is no escaping the fact Emily is difficult 😂
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Feb 20, 2026 04:45PM
What a delightful review!!! Thank you, as always, for sharing.
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Rlygirl wrote: "What a delightful review!!! Thank you, as always, for sharing."My pleasure - hope you enjoy!
I attempted to read this book ages ago and DNF’d it. I feel like I wasn’t in the right headspace back then to treat Emily with the patience her character needed and your review has solidly convinced me I need to give the book another shot.
Steph wrote: "I attempted to read this book ages ago and DNF’d it. I feel like I wasn’t in the right headspace back then to treat Emily with the patience her character needed and your review has solidly convince..."I agree Emily is staunchly unsympathetic throughout but I kind of loved that for her. As a staunchly unsympathetic person, I identify a lot with (and value deeply) staunchly unsympathetic characters. I think we're also sort of conditioned to see the governess trope as, you know, a woman coming into a situation she 'saves' through emotional labour. Emily is very much the one who needs saving in Trouble (even if it never feels disempowering or patronising that she is); so I think the whole book is pulling against its own trope in that way. But it was fascinating to me & I loved it.
But - yes, there is no escaping the fact Emily is difficult 😂
