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A review by litwithleigh
Her Watchful Eye by Julie Corbin
5.0
4.5 rounded up. Soft, niche banger alert
SYNOPSIS
Ruby is a CCTV Operator who starts creepin on someone she shouldn't be creepin on... Chaos ensues.
MY OPINION
First of all, I wanna thank all the lovely Goodreaders who left such lovely comments/DMs. Tysm for the support. I'm back quicker than I anticipated, but tbh reading and stalking ya'll keeps me from marinating in my own sadness. Fyi adoption is at the core of this story, so if this is a sensitive area for you... proceed with caution. I can't say if it was handled well due to my lack of knowledge/experience.
First things first, Julie Corbin can WRITE. Damn. She was writing her cheekies off. This was literary suspense in all its glory. No winding, melodramatic similes. Just using the ole faithfuls aka sentence fragments and group of 3s. She killed the dialogue too. Very realistic and the bants were bantering. If you liked the prose in [b:The Loyalties|48717393|The Loyalties|Delphine de Vigan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594001098l/48717393._SY75_.jpg|59340367], [b:Greenwich Park|55905003|Greenwich Park|Katherine Faulkner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633871628l/55905003._SY75_.jpg|73510334], and [b:An Inconvenient Woman|51213054|An Inconvenient Woman|Stéphanie Buelens|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1582786377l/51213054._SX50_.jpg|71395282] and don't mind a more character driven suspense vs buckwild thriller, pick this up.
Not only was the prose doing the damn thing, but the plot was unique as well. I really enjoyed learning fun facts about CCTV and how it can be used in real-time to solve/prevent crime. If you're interested in thrillers that involve CCTV (very niche lol), I highly recommend watching The Capture on Amazon Prime. A MFN BANGER!!!!!! Anyways... I thought this was a unique lens for a domestic-ish thriller that I hadn't seen before, so it had a hoe engaged.
Now ya'll know I love bitching about bad endings/epilogues, but this was the rare time where an author covered a lot of ground without it feeling bum rushed. This is no easy feat. And she stayed away from a last min Hail Mary twist that attempts to shock a reader into a better rating. This followed the course and was "realistic" I guess. Well done.
FYI I did issue the soft, niche banger alert, because this isn't a book I'd recommend with my full chest a la [b:Amen Maxine|61306546|Amen Maxine (Jolvix Episodes, #1)|Faith Gardner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655484384l/61306546._SY75_.jpg|96671405]. I can def see people thinking this is boring, slow, too character focused, etc. Diff strokes for diff folks but don't come in my dms trying to beef me about this book if you like Verity (respectfully). Know your tastes pls
SYNOPSIS
Ruby is a CCTV Operator who starts creepin on someone she shouldn't be creepin on... Chaos ensues.
MY OPINION
First of all, I wanna thank all the lovely Goodreaders who left such lovely comments/DMs. Tysm for the support. I'm back quicker than I anticipated, but tbh reading and stalking ya'll keeps me from marinating in my own sadness. Fyi adoption is at the core of this story, so if this is a sensitive area for you... proceed with caution. I can't say if it was handled well due to my lack of knowledge/experience.
First things first, Julie Corbin can WRITE. Damn. She was writing her cheekies off. This was literary suspense in all its glory. No winding, melodramatic similes. Just using the ole faithfuls aka sentence fragments and group of 3s. She killed the dialogue too. Very realistic and the bants were bantering. If you liked the prose in [b:The Loyalties|48717393|The Loyalties|Delphine de Vigan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1594001098l/48717393._SY75_.jpg|59340367], [b:Greenwich Park|55905003|Greenwich Park|Katherine Faulkner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1633871628l/55905003._SY75_.jpg|73510334], and [b:An Inconvenient Woman|51213054|An Inconvenient Woman|Stéphanie Buelens|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1582786377l/51213054._SX50_.jpg|71395282] and don't mind a more character driven suspense vs buckwild thriller, pick this up.
Not only was the prose doing the damn thing, but the plot was unique as well. I really enjoyed learning fun facts about CCTV and how it can be used in real-time to solve/prevent crime. If you're interested in thrillers that involve CCTV (very niche lol), I highly recommend watching The Capture on Amazon Prime. A MFN BANGER!!!!!! Anyways... I thought this was a unique lens for a domestic-ish thriller that I hadn't seen before, so it had a hoe engaged.
Now ya'll know I love bitching about bad endings/epilogues, but this was the rare time where an author covered a lot of ground without it feeling bum rushed. This is no easy feat. And she stayed away from a last min Hail Mary twist that attempts to shock a reader into a better rating. This followed the course and was "realistic" I guess. Well done.
FYI I did issue the soft, niche banger alert, because this isn't a book I'd recommend with my full chest a la [b:Amen Maxine|61306546|Amen Maxine (Jolvix Episodes, #1)|Faith Gardner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655484384l/61306546._SY75_.jpg|96671405]. I can def see people thinking this is boring, slow, too character focused, etc. Diff strokes for diff folks but don't come in my dms trying to beef me about this book if you like Verity (respectfully). Know your tastes pls