Reviews - Seeing Other People

556 reviews for:

Seeing Other People

Diana Reid

3.55 AVERAGE

jillwoodfield's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this was cute - loved all the sydney references esp Grapes on the Roof!
i really enjoyed the middle section when we got to know Eleanor and Charlie and Helen but it went a bit downhill for me when all the drama started. The ending was ok. Keen to read Love and Virtue now

piaoflynn's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thebookmonger666's review against another edition

3.0

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amandapatton's review against another edition

3.0

I desperately wanted to love this book as much as I loved Love and Virtue but I just didn’t. The characters felt pretentious. The plot was gripping but the characters and writing made it hard for me to love.

daisylknight's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookednbookish's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jaclyncrupi's review against another edition

4.0

I’ve been so busy reading and thinking about lockdown novels that I’ve completely neglected to think about coming out of lockdown novels. It’s this deeply interesting moment of right now where change is in the air and we’re all rethinking our entire lives and Reid is right there (YES!). Our best contemporary writers see our time and shine a light to it revealing it to ourselves (or use history to do the same). This aspect of SEEING OTHER PEOPLE is what captured me completely.

In just two books, Reid has positioned herself as a novelist deeply interested in questions of morality. As uncomfortable as I was with the behaviour of her characters and the ways they justified that behaviour, it really allowed her to mine aspects of moral character and those times when we prioritise ourselves and our desires over those we purport to love. Knowing a course of action would cause pain and heartache to someone you love and doing it anyway is pretty ripe material. Good people can behave so badly. There were moments this book verged on becoming moralistic but I think Reid walked that difficult line mostly without tripping over it. I’m already anticipating her next book (sorry, I know! And this one isn’t even out until October!) and what moral questions she will pose. Could those with reading copies please read it soon so I have people to talk to about it.