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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"if you ask me how i'm feeling, tanya, i'm throwing open this door and hurling myself into oncoming traffic."
“one, it's locked. two, that's the passenger door. it opens onto the curb."
~ ♡ 3/5
this book confused the fuck out of me and i wanted to dnf but the story picked up around ten chapters in. still highly confused and nothing really makes sense, but the characters were cool.
i’m just so ??? like that’s my emotion right now.
“one, it's locked. two, that's the passenger door. it opens onto the curb."
~ ♡ 3/5
this book confused the fuck out of me and i wanted to dnf but the story picked up around ten chapters in. still highly confused and nothing really makes sense, but the characters were cool.
i’m just so ??? like that’s my emotion right now.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a weird book
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Someone is Always Watching had me really hooked right from the start and I read it in one sitting because I literally couldn't put it down! A truly strong thriller that brought a lot to the table and makes me want to check out the authors other books!
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Gaslighting
Minor: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’d like to thank NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada (publisher) for granting me early access to an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
*All opinions here are my own. Nobody forced or payed me to give any of them.
I gave this book 4.5 stars.
This is a YA mystery/thriller about a group of friends in secondary school who even start doubting who they are because of suspicions about some really serious event after a mental health breakdown from Blythe's best friend, Gabrielle.
As the teenagers start investigating, others start trying to kill or mislead them, which makes them think this is a lot darker than any of them would have even imagined. Suddenly, some of them start remembering certain things. What could possibly be going on?
Trigger/content warnings: death, murder, blood, gaslighting, mental illness, child death, child abuse, violence, gore, medical trauma, death of parent, toxic friendship, toxic relationship, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, gun violence, sexual assault, suicide, bullying, forced institutionalisation, suicide attempt, fire, fire injury, kidnapping, religious bigotry, lesbophobia, body shaming, pedophilia, abandonment, drug use, homophobia, phusical abuse.
I think all characters were realistic, even though some of the parents were shown as purely evil, but the reason was their obsession with the project they were carrying out, which, to be honest, is quite real in humans.
Our priorities are twisted.
The writing was well done, but I felt paragraphs were too long at times, especially taking the target audience into account. It made sense they were that long because of the topics explained, but the author may have been able to find another way to makes those topics compelling for young adults.
My opinion on this book is biased because I'm a psychologist really interested in neurosciences, I just couldn't put the book down and hated certain characters, but I believe this book is anyway enjoyable
It was a mix between characters and plot, even adding a nice atmosphere to certain sections of it, which made me gap several times when new discoveries were made.
I would certainly recommend this book.