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A review by jmboff
Watching You by Lisa Jewell
3.0
Between a 2 and 3, so I'll leave it at a 3 for now but I really could've gone without ever reading this and that disappoints me.
First, there are a lot of main characters, and I felt no attachment to any of them. I HATED Joey. She's not likeable at all and I hope I wasn't supposed to ever empathize with her because I absolutely never did. Jenna and Freddie were the only characters I *maybe* gave an inkling of caring towards.
Second, the plot was uneventful and bland. We read about teenagers going to school, and people going about their days with their minimal issues. Jenna's mom has some type of schizophrenia which makes her character mildly intriguing but it never amounts to anything significant in the plot. I figured out pretty early on that Rebecca was going to be the culprit. It was easy to decipher that from the way her character was portrayed from the getgo. And the other "twists" at the ending (because that was the only time anything even remotely twisty or exciting happened) was not thrilling or shocking or surprising whatsoever.
I mean, it wasn't the worst thing I've ever read, but I could have definitely been okay if I never read it either.
First, there are a lot of main characters, and I felt no attachment to any of them. I HATED Joey. She's not likeable at all and I hope I wasn't supposed to ever empathize with her because I absolutely never did. Jenna and Freddie were the only characters I *maybe* gave an inkling of caring towards.
Second, the plot was uneventful and bland. We read about teenagers going to school, and people going about their days with their minimal issues. Jenna's mom has some type of schizophrenia which makes her character mildly intriguing but it never amounts to anything significant in the plot. I figured out pretty early on that Rebecca was going to be the culprit. It was easy to decipher that from the way her character was portrayed from the getgo. And the other "twists" at the ending (because that was the only time anything even remotely twisty or exciting happened) was not thrilling or shocking or surprising whatsoever.
I mean, it wasn't the worst thing I've ever read, but I could have definitely been okay if I never read it either.