What to know before going in:
This is not horror, gothic, eerie (for most part) – when I first started Watch Over Me I assumed it was all of the above but specifically a psychological thriller
Has literary fiction ya vibes – meaning it is not plot driven, fast moving and seems more of a exploration- if you have read literary fiction you will know what I mean
The Good
It would be interesting as a crossover to prepare teens for literary fiction because it is not really flowery or that type of heavy writing literary fiction can be (which I personally have found to be the type of literary lit that I am not into).
A. It made the story easy to read and flow fast.
B. Literary fiction is not common -or at least not in my reading experience- in young adult literature. It would be interesting to have more literary young adult books.
The overall set up and setting is interesting- it would have made such a good gothic, thriller, horror, mystery, and just all the eerie/creepy genres.
The Bad
Lack of connection/Lack of vibe
When I first sampled it on bookishfirst I got a eerie vibe but when I came back to it I did not get this same vibe. I have gotten more into literary fiction recently and I felt in comparison to those reads this lack of connection/vibe.
Pacing- Did it allocate its time well with what it wanted to talk about? At a certain point it felt like it was not moving forward that much. Could it have gone deeper on trauma?
In the end I feel a bit eh about it- Did it lack a punch in the end?
This is not horror, gothic, eerie (for most part) – when I first started Watch Over Me I assumed it was all of the above but specifically a psychological thriller
Has literary fiction ya vibes – meaning it is not plot driven, fast moving and seems more of a exploration- if you have read literary fiction you will know what I mean
The Good
It would be interesting as a crossover to prepare teens for literary fiction because it is not really flowery or that type of heavy writing literary fiction can be (which I personally have found to be the type of literary lit that I am not into).
A. It made the story easy to read and flow fast.
B. Literary fiction is not common -or at least not in my reading experience- in young adult literature. It would be interesting to have more literary young adult books.
The overall set up and setting is interesting- it would have made such a good gothic, thriller, horror, mystery, and just all the eerie/creepy genres.
The Bad
Lack of connection/Lack of vibe
When I first sampled it on bookishfirst I got a eerie vibe but when I came back to it I did not get this same vibe. I have gotten more into literary fiction recently and I felt in comparison to those reads this lack of connection/vibe.
Pacing- Did it allocate its time well with what it wanted to talk about? At a certain point it felt like it was not moving forward that much. Could it have gone deeper on trauma?
In the end I feel a bit eh about it- Did it lack a punch in the end?