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A review by julia_may
Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron
3.0
It's more of a 3.5 stars.
There's a mystery/thriller element but it doesn't come into play until the last quarter or so. For most of the story, it's a slow burning unravelling of an unhinged woman called Cassie, who, catching a glimpse of a stranger's emails to his wife, goes full on crazy stalker. It's entertaining and there are plenty (maybe too many?) uncomfortable moments when she is about to get caught doing something she shouldn't... And then she somehow manages squirm her way out of the situation.
With her stalky ways and overanxious personality she analyzes everyone to the Nth degree but how accurate are her perceptions and conclusions about various people? Not very, unsurprisingly. Cassie has tunnel vision but the reader catches glimpses of things that don't add up and it adds to the sense of growing unease. It's kind of like an impending trainwreck in a book form - you just know things won't end well and want to look away but cannot.
Kudos to the author for bringing something unusual to the oversaturated samey genre.
There's a mystery/thriller element but it doesn't come into play until the last quarter or so. For most of the story, it's a slow burning unravelling of an unhinged woman called Cassie, who, catching a glimpse of a stranger's emails to his wife, goes full on crazy stalker. It's entertaining and there are plenty (maybe too many?) uncomfortable moments when she is about to get caught doing something she shouldn't... And then she somehow manages squirm her way out of the situation.
With her stalky ways and overanxious personality she analyzes everyone to the Nth degree but how accurate are her perceptions and conclusions about various people? Not very, unsurprisingly. Cassie has tunnel vision but the reader catches glimpses of things that don't add up and it adds to the sense of growing unease. It's kind of like an impending trainwreck in a book form - you just know things won't end well and want to look away but cannot.
Kudos to the author for bringing something unusual to the oversaturated samey genre.