456 reviews for:

Now You See Us

Balli Kaur Jaswal

3.86 AVERAGE

frezb's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

iseenologic's review against another edition

4.25

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: Complicated

anissyzlna's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 stars read for me, finished in one seating. it's an eye-opening book on the challenge life of immigrant workers with one of the conflicts involved the real-life incident of an immigrant falsely accused of murder. a very interesting read indeed as a reminder that the immigrants are human too living to put food on the table in a foreign country.

yellow_library's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

melinda_29's review against another edition

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excellent. great insight to the lives of modern day domestic workers, Singapore, Phillipines

lilcubana31's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

jeannepathfinder's review against another edition

2.0

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Did not finish.

aventadistrict's review against another edition

4.0

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might be the victim of a little mismarketing because i wouldn't characterise this as a thriller or even really a mystery (it has mystery but it's not a detective novel) - it feels like contemporary fiction, maybe 'women's fiction'. good read

kellyharvarde's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

shiverkitty's review against another edition

4.0

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Honestly much sadder than I expected from the description. The blurb compared it to Crazy Rich Asians, which is....not at all accurate. Basically the only thing they have in common is that the story takes place in Singapore. It was slightly slow going at first, and could have used a bit more editing and focusing. But it was an interesting look into domestic worker's lives in Singapore, who are mostly Filipino, and how little protection they have in the country. Would recommend.