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A review by logarithms
We See Everything by William Sutcliffe
3.0
twas...an okay book. i liked the concept on the blurb but that's literally all that happens in the book. u can fill in like all the details just from the blurb alone
in classic war of the worlds fashion it tries to evoke empathy by bringing an existing conflict elsewhere in the world to london, to make it feel more 'real/at home' to ppl (the tried and true approach) (books like these had better work cause if i have to read another "whats problematic about drone strikes?" comment on #girlboss tiktoks i will go insane)
i feel like it would be more interesting for early highschool readers? and honestly it would work even better for middle grade if not for the sex scene
the introduction of the female characters was just...pure hetero cringe...
weird lack of elaboration on the conflict itself - how did it happen, why does it continue, etc.? just lacking in depth and worldbuilding that you'd expect in a book like this?
ill admit it did make me tear up a lil but any mention of death and or grief will make me cry so
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"We can squash whoever we like, whenever we like. We won't of course. We're the most disciplined army in the world. There are rules and protocols. But we could."
Alans pov sucked but had somewhat interesting moments exploring the mindset/psychology behind seeking power over others. it almost felt like pure freudian psychoanalysis (like. textbook lol.) (we got the missing father, lack of motherly love, disapproval from peers, etc)
I feel like his pov couldve served a lot better with added commentary of how the military takes advantage of these things to recruit ppl (and also recruitment through video games, cause that shits beyond alarming)
"Our lives are sucked up into the lenses that perpetually circle above us"
"Kept apart by a hostility that has made us ghosts in one another's lives."
"...asking what it really means to fall for someone whose life is so desperate. Is it enough to love her, or am I supposed to save her?"
anyway i don't have many thoughts. it's an ok book but i wouldnt recommend it to anyone really except maybe your 15 year old brother who plays nothing but first person shooters and thinks the military is cool
OH YEA final thought. the cover is beyond incredible. i seriously love this design its so perfect in literally capturing the essence of everything that happens in the book...i wanna frame it on my wall and shake the illustrators hand maybe send them a kofi idk
in classic war of the worlds fashion it tries to evoke empathy by bringing an existing conflict elsewhere in the world to london, to make it feel more 'real/at home' to ppl (the tried and true approach) (books like these had better work cause if i have to read another "whats problematic about drone strikes?" comment on #girlboss tiktoks i will go insane)
i feel like it would be more interesting for early highschool readers? and honestly it would work even better for middle grade if not for the sex scene
the introduction of the female characters was just...pure hetero cringe...
weird lack of elaboration on the conflict itself - how did it happen, why does it continue, etc.? just lacking in depth and worldbuilding that you'd expect in a book like this?
ill admit it did make me tear up a lil but any mention of death and or grief will make me cry so
tabs:
"We can squash whoever we like, whenever we like. We won't of course. We're the most disciplined army in the world. There are rules and protocols. But we could."
Alans pov sucked but had somewhat interesting moments exploring the mindset/psychology behind seeking power over others. it almost felt like pure freudian psychoanalysis (like. textbook lol.) (we got the missing father, lack of motherly love, disapproval from peers, etc)
I feel like his pov couldve served a lot better with added commentary of how the military takes advantage of these things to recruit ppl (and also recruitment through video games, cause that shits beyond alarming)
"Our lives are sucked up into the lenses that perpetually circle above us"
"Kept apart by a hostility that has made us ghosts in one another's lives."
"...asking what it really means to fall for someone whose life is so desperate. Is it enough to love her, or am I supposed to save her?"
anyway i don't have many thoughts. it's an ok book but i wouldnt recommend it to anyone really except maybe your 15 year old brother who plays nothing but first person shooters and thinks the military is cool
OH YEA final thought. the cover is beyond incredible. i seriously love this design its so perfect in literally capturing the essence of everything that happens in the book...i wanna frame it on my wall and shake the illustrators hand maybe send them a kofi idk