Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

44 reviews

eve_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Overall Thoughts:
⁕ I appreciate how this book explores gentrification in the historical context of colonization. I learned a lot about the history of NYC from it.

⁕ Cole expertly juxtaposes a culture of collective care and mutual aid with one that is ruled by white supremacy and individualism. It forced me as the reader to explore the ways in which my own community relationships either perpetuate harm or foster well-being.

⁕ For a thriller, it was a very slow build. The plot development and most the of major story events occur in the last 100 pages.

⁕ Both Sydney and Theo have a reveal/secret that is central to their character development, but I felt that only Sydney’s was really backed up by the text. The information introduced about Theo came out of the blue and wasn’t believable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Gore, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

zombiezami's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Alyssa Cole, who simply cannot pick a slay, has come for my edges yet again. I was so haunted and enthralled by this book the whole way through. As with her other books, this was very well researched. I also genuinely didn't know what was going to happen throughout. I do hope that this gets turned into a movie or TV show. I just loved this so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

Gentrification,

Suicide

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Mass shooting

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Financial abuse

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Medical racism

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Gaslighting

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Emotional abuse

mfieldshalva's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It was so good.

You feel like you're going crazy with Sydney.</spoiler?> All the characters are well written and everything fits together very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Racism, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

nadia's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My first ever audiobook and what a great one for me to get started with!

I haven't read a thriller in a really long time, and I loved how this one touches on some very current themes, of race, class, and gentrification, all things that were also rather sad and frustration-inducing, but you're not quite sure where the story is headed — at least I wasn't anyway!

I kept on finding chores to elongate just so that I could keep listening. I'm excited to read whatever thriller Alyssa Cole puts out next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Racism, and Cursing