Negative Positive
Title: Lady's maid needs a dr phil wakeup
Review: Dr. Phil is right in that you teach people how to treat you, and that is the lesson this "lady's maid" needs to learn. She spends the whole book letting her famous employer deprive her of a human existence (the dog has a better life), whining all the while but rarely taking the necessary steps to ensure a life of her own. Or even believing that she deserves a life of her own. She's mostly content (whatever her whining) to bask in vicariously living through what crumbs her employer throws her. I lost patience with her very quickly. What little she learns is mostly too little and too late. As for those who say "this is how life was for maids -- sure, for some. But they aren't the ones worth a novel. I can't recommend this book at all. I do recommend "Not in front of the servants" which is a fascinating description of true life tales "in service" that doesn't involve hair shirt flagellation.
Is the review positive or negative? 