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A review by backseatpocket
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
While I found this story very engaging, I found the extremely fast pace of the climax and conclusion to be abrupt and unsatisfying. 3/4ths of this book are a slow, simmering build that has your gut clenched in uneasy anticipation and then the last 4th feels so rushed. It feels like a disservice to the story that had built up to it.
Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting