A review by skillwithaquill
Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

A well-written, emotional story about grief and healing. I just couldn’t get over the sense that the Farm had something sinister hiding beneath the surface. 

Red herrings aside, the Farm still felt like a cult. It made me deeply uncomfortable and kept me from being able to trust any of the secondary characters. I’m not sure if that was the intention or not. 

Instead of a teen girl’s journey to find acceptance, healing, and a family, it read to more like she was groomed into devoting herself to a cult.
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