A review by whatellisreadnext
Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ," ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.
๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌโ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ.
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ," ๐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด. "๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ."
Mila accepts a job as a teacher on a remote farm. She is used to being alone, spending most of her life in foster care. The job is everything she could have a dreamed of, but it turns out the farm is full of ghosts.
I loved this book. It was my first time reading Nina Lacour but it definitely won't be my last. I've seen people saying she writes loneliness like nobody else, and they aren't wrong. Sitting at 261 pages, this is the perfect little ghost story, but it is so much deeper than that. If you're sick of the generic spooks, and are craving something with more meaning and heart, then this just might be the ticket for you.
Lacour's writing truly transported me to this secluded farm by the sea. I honestly felt like I could smell the place. I wanted so badly to live in that tiny cabin with my own wood burner. To spend my Sunday mornings at the farmers market and then in the afternoon, spend the money I'd earned in a bookshop. To make my own butter, and put it on bread to dunk in some homemade soup. It is literally an introverts paradise.
This is the book I'll probably spend all Autumn forcing on anybody who will listen๐๐ป
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ," ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.
๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌโ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ.
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ," ๐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด. "๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ."
Mila accepts a job as a teacher on a remote farm. She is used to being alone, spending most of her life in foster care. The job is everything she could have a dreamed of, but it turns out the farm is full of ghosts.
I loved this book. It was my first time reading Nina Lacour but it definitely won't be my last. I've seen people saying she writes loneliness like nobody else, and they aren't wrong. Sitting at 261 pages, this is the perfect little ghost story, but it is so much deeper than that. If you're sick of the generic spooks, and are craving something with more meaning and heart, then this just might be the ticket for you.
Lacour's writing truly transported me to this secluded farm by the sea. I honestly felt like I could smell the place. I wanted so badly to live in that tiny cabin with my own wood burner. To spend my Sunday mornings at the farmers market and then in the afternoon, spend the money I'd earned in a bookshop. To make my own butter, and put it on bread to dunk in some homemade soup. It is literally an introverts paradise.
This is the book I'll probably spend all Autumn forcing on anybody who will listen๐๐ป
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse