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When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

80 reviews

kumquats87's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Colonisation, Murder, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, Confinement, Hate crime, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Kidnapping, Medical content, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Minor: Police brutality, Vomit, Infidelity, and Homophobia

shaqydoo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Addiction, Death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Medical trauma, and Murder

whatsamread's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Grief, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Murder, and Police brutality

caitlyn_rehs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Bullying, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Hate crime, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Hate crime

Moderate: Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Drug abuse, Medical content, Police brutality, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Domestic abuse

Gentrification

sydapel's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I was super looking forward to this being a unicorn amongst the list of thrillers I am always let down by. Unfortunately, either just because of hype or that this is really not a genre for me perhaps ever, I was pretty disappointed. I will say that the sister element of racism and gentrification is handled very well, and I had a couple of moments (as a white person living in a city that is increasingly gentrified) where I had to reexamine a lot of things I thought were true. The plot feels very realistic, but my issue is mainly that it took far too long (in my opinion) to get to it's point - aka the thriller stuff. Sydney and Theo also were not characters I felt myself really rooting for, mostly because it takes so much of the book for us to get to know them. 

TLDR - if you like mystery/thrillers and haven't checked this one out, do it! I, however will be loving in my historical romance bubble for a bit more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Alcohol, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Panic attacks/disorders

d0505's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Racism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Police brutality

rorikae's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

'When No One Is Watching' by Alyssa Cole is a frightening thriller about gentrification where the dread and fear creep slowly through the book. Cole does an excellent job of replicating the way that gentrification moves slowly and then all at once in the plot of this novel. Sydney notices that things are wrong but the full extent of what is happening isn't apparent until the latter half of the story. Truly terrifying, this book has so many scenes and situations that are a mix of horrifying and frustrating but in a truly effective way. I hope that Cole will write more thrillers in the future because she has a real talent for creating a sense of creeping dread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality and Suicide

cpachet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book starts off very slow, but builds into a solid story. Not a traditional thriller, but excellently written with some twists that will shock. Never been relieved with an ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Slavery, Mental illness, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Gaslighting

wackly93's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Classism, Torture, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Police brutality, Murder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery