I really liked Dirty Little Secrets. It's a great look at the life of someone who's related to a hoarder. 
 I loved the hour by hour account of Lucy's life after discovering her mother has died. I liked how it focused on Lucy trying to figure what to do, and how to make her life normal. 
 It didn't delve into a lot of the issues surrounding hoarding, but considering it's Lucy's story, I'm okay with that. I thought her mother was interesting (although a bit annoying) and her older sister was really interesting as well. You'd think that after seeing what their mother was like, her sister wouldn't be a hoarder. But then again, if it's all you've known... 
 It was nice to see a novel dealing with hoarding that focused on the family, because it is something that has an effect on people who live with the person hoarding. I feel like hoarding tends to focus on the hoarder, and not anyone connected to them, so it was very refreshing to Lucy's story. 
 It gets a 4 out of 5. It is simply told over the span of a day, making it somewhat intense. But it doesn't delve too deep into the issues surrounding hoarding, which could have added something extra to the book.