When No One Is Watching: An Edgar Award Winner
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“HISTORY IS FUCKING WILD.” When no one is watching is a powerful and uncomfortable book to read. It's about the gentrification of a neighborhood in Brooklyn, the destruction of generational wealth and the journey of the people who are unwillingly and eerily forced out of the place that they called home. The narrative is split between Sydney and Theo. Sydneys anger at the injustice that is happening emanates of the pages, masking her fear and pain of losing all she as known. Theo is shady as hell. He hides his emotions and keeps secrets. He is the white person that wants to be supportive, but at the same time is oblivious to what is going on. The tension and suspense steadily builds and there is an eerie feeling of foreboding. It is marketed as a thriller, but some aspects of this story are leaning more towards the horror genre. I loved the historical facts that Sydney taught Theo and the reader throughout the book and the garden scene broke my heart. We live in scary times. I'd say this is a great book to read for everyone about what's going on with racism and white violence.
This book tried to be and do so many different things at once, resulting in a truly awful read. Don‘t waste your time with this book.
This was really, really good. One of the few thrillers I felt actually scared (and thrilled lol) by. I read this for the Literally Dead Book Club, and I am so glad that I did! I listened to the audiobook, which I would also highly recommend since the two narrators do a really good job IMO. The only thing that I felt kind of meh about was Theo, tbh. Overall, such a good read, though. A reading experience I will never forget.
2.75/5 I understand what Alyssa Cole is going for and where she is drawing all her inspiration from. But it all feels a bit... Jumbled. Not enough in two thirds and simply too much in the last third. The bad guys felt like a caricature, the big reveal was too big and over the top and the end of it came in three pages or so. The pacing and the whole structure is just off. Alyssa Cole has a great voice in writing though and with a great eye for critiques und current issues, so I am still eager to read another book, maybe in a totally different genre.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
“HISTORY IS FUCKING WILD.” When no one is watching is a powerful and uncomfortable book to read. It's about the gentrification of a neighborhood in Brooklyn, the destruction of generational wealth and the journey of the people who are unwillingly and eerily forced out of the place that they called home. The narrative is split between Sydney and Theo. Sydneys anger at the injustice that is happening emanates of the pages, masking her fear and pain of losing all she as known. Theo is shady as hell. He hides his emotions and keeps secrets. He is the white person that wants to be supportive, but at the same time is oblivious to what is going on. The tension and suspense steadily builds and there is an eerie feeling of foreboding. It is marketed as a thriller, but some aspects of this story are leaning more towards the horror genre. I loved the historical facts that Sydney taught Theo and the reader throughout the book and the garden scene broke my heart. We live in scary times. I'd say this is a great book to read for everyone about what's going on with racism and white violence.
This book tried to be and do so many different things at once, resulting in a truly awful read. Don‘t waste your time with this book.
This was really, really good. One of the few thrillers I felt actually scared (and thrilled lol) by. I read this for the Literally Dead Book Club, and I am so glad that I did! I listened to the audiobook, which I would also highly recommend since the two narrators do a really good job IMO. The only thing that I felt kind of meh about was Theo, tbh. Overall, such a good read, though. A reading experience I will never forget.
2.75/5 I understand what Alyssa Cole is going for and where she is drawing all her inspiration from. But it all feels a bit... Jumbled. Not enough in two thirds and simply too much in the last third. The bad guys felt like a caricature, the big reveal was too big and over the top and the end of it came in three pages or so. The pacing and the whole structure is just off. Alyssa Cole has a great voice in writing though and with a great eye for critiques und current issues, so I am still eager to read another book, maybe in a totally different genre.