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When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

27 reviews

victoria29's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this! It had a slow start but I really didn’t mind that because it was interesting. I also liked the romance because I’m a sucker for romance. I did think the ending was too fast like dang. I also learned a lot about gentrification which is good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Torture

gentlethem's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, and Hate crime

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

emptychurches's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, and Hate crime

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

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content