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A review by kaylamoran
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a lot. Wow.
I've seen a lot of white reviewers complain that this book wasn't thrilling, wasn't creepy. As a white person myself I'd just like to ask if they read the same book. This book was the definition of unsettling. The creepiness, the dread, it starts in chapter one and never stops from there.
I loved Sydney and Theo. I loved how easily I could get into both of their minds, how well fleshed out and how human they both were. Both were so flawed but had such good intentions, and I was rooting for them both the entire time.
I've seen a lot of white reviewers complain that this book wasn't thrilling, wasn't creepy. As a white person myself I'd just like to ask if they read the same book. This book was the definition of unsettling. The creepiness, the dread, it starts in chapter one and never stops from there.
I loved Sydney and Theo. I loved how easily I could get into both of their minds, how well fleshed out and how human they both were. Both were so flawed but had such good intentions, and I was rooting for them both the entire time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Stalking, and Cultural appropriation