A review by zombiezami
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Alyssa Cole, who simply cannot pick a slay, has come for my edges yet again. I was so haunted and enthralled by this book the whole way through. As with her other books, this was very well researched. I also genuinely didn't know what was going to happen throughout. I do hope that this gets turned into a movie or TV show. I just loved this so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

Gentrification,

Suicide

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Mass shooting

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Financial abuse

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Medical racism

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Gaslighting

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Emotional abuse