A review by onceandfuturereads
We Are Watching Eliza Bright by A.E. Osworth

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so freaking much and I don't give a flying saucer who knows it! This is just one of those reads that cuts right to the heart of things - it reminded me of how I felt reading "Be More Chill" for the first time. More than just a fast-paced page-turner, it's a brilliantly narrated tale about video games and true friendship - true community. But, no, it is nothing at all like "Tomorrow x3." 

I picked this up for the StoryGraph genre challenge "a book about video games" prompt because I didn't know what else to read for it and I wanted to get it over with. I scoured book lists and became disheartened because when you've already read "Ready Player One" it's easy to believe you've exhausted that category entirely. But this book was on the shelf at my library and the premise seemed interesting. Chapter One didn't immediately draw me in and I was a bit wary about the narration style and my lack of WoW knowledge. But with the short, choppy chapters and the voice-like narration, I was very quickly sucked in. Osworth truly has a gift for the chorus-style narrating. When the two groups were trading narration duties, I literally had different tones of voice in my head as I read, and they were able to do that with some simple punctuation and capitalization changes! Mind-blowing! 

I encourage everyone - gamers and haters alike - to read this book. So many of my notes just end with hearts. I'll be buying a copy so I can put the hearts on the actual pages. And PLEASE A.E. OSWORTH, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME PLEASE RELEASE A NEW BOOK SOON PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. 
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