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When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

47 reviews

alylentz's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

This was definitely a quick read that keeps you turning the pages, but I didn't always buy fully buy into some of the dialogue and relationships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Slavery

chaosreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Forced institutionalization

acarter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A thrilling read, even if it overshot its premise a bit by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Racism

bexshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Dementia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

aubreylane's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Racism, Gun violence, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Police brutality

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Slavery

rosiewants2read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Suicide

Minor: Excrement

unread_shelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative 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

4.75

I could not put this book down. Alyssa Cole’s writing is captivating and beautiful. One of the more thrilling thrillers I’ve read in some time. I was on the edge of my seat and needed to know what was happening to this community of characters. 

Sydney and Theo were both incredibly flawed people, but they felt real. Gentrification is too common and Cole brought to light very important discourse on the topic. 

Again, very well done and I can’t wait to read more books by Alyssa Cole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use