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thet0meraider's review against another edition
3.75
It took me quite a while to get really interested in what was going on. Watching you starts with one of the main characters, Joey, who is also the person I ended up liking the least, so I had a bit of a hard time to get invested in the story. As the plot progressed, though, I just found myself wanting to know more and more about the characters.
Jewell did a good job at crafting a misleading story, one that successfully steers the reader in a certain direction just to shock them in the last few chapters with the grand revelation. This being said, I can't say i'm completely satisfied (hence the 3.75 stars instead of 4) due to the fact that I guessed the plot twist at about 80% of the book. I think at that point it was quite obvious - yet again, this could be just a by-product of my "experience" as a person who reads almost exclusively thrillers (at a certain point, themes and schemes become sort of recurrent). In spite of this, I couldn't put it down in the end. I knew what was going to happen, but I wanted to know how and i was definitely happy with what Jewell did.
I would totally recommend this. In the end it will have you angry, furious with life's injustice and quite understanding towards the culprit.
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Child abuse
wombat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Stalking
Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Car accident
If pregnancy is not great for you right now, probably skip this one. It has a lot of complicated feelings about it.sophiegreen1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicide, and Stalking
Moderate: Sexual content and Murder
Minor: Infidelity and Physical abuse
taraswanson23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder
georgia_pogson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse
ohmyohmaggie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
katyallred's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
whatellieread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I loved inclusion of the police interviews periodically throughout the book - I've always been a sucker for books that include different formats throughout! This is also slightly irrelevant, but I was disproportionately annoyed by the fact that the police were continually referred to as Somerset and Avon Police, not Avon and Somerset Police as they're actually called. Infuriating because I can see no good reason why this choice was made?!
Overall, a fairly good read and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys Lisa Jewell's work.
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
morganperks's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, and Grief