Laura Lovesreading's Reviews > Everyone Is Watching

Prepare to suspend your disbelief to high heavens with this one

Everyone is watching is about five contestants who have been chosen for a game show “one lucky winner” with the potential to win 10 million dollars. There are certain rules they need to adhere to and some of the challenges may be deadly? Also is each of the five contestants hiding a secret? And is it most likely about be exposed… OF COURSE!

Crying because I wanted to love this one so so so much! It was one of my Anticipated Read of 2024, but unfortunately this was just an ok read for me!

WHAT I LIKED
➼ I loved the plot giving “I know what you did last summer” but let’s play it out on a reality tv show for 16 million people to witness too! And while where at it let’s add a little razzle dazzle Squid Games vibes to it!
➼ The pacing was appropriate and kept me eager to carry on.
➼ It was a fun popcorn thriller that is great to read after such a heavy book
➼ The locked room, all to play for format

WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
➼ The characters were not interesting to me at all! As a reality tv junkie myself, we all love to watch a villain and morally grey characters, but we also need a character to root for. I didn’t give a flying monkey about any of them or their story.
➼ Chapter titles- Each of the characters were named by their nicknames in the chapters and frankly it kept confusing me. Having to remember who was “the best friend” “the confidant” and so forth kept taking me out of being in the moment
➼ The “Then” backstory chapters was good initially but then it just started to drag and when I finally caught on to what was going on. I just didn’t want any more “past” information.
➼Honestly early on it was predictable to me what the twist was. But I kept going to see how the author would play it out. Let’s just say it was very anticlimactic.
➼The ending- I need authors especially thriller authors to know that the ending of their books doesn’t always have to be wrapped up in a nice happy ending bow. You know sometimes it’s interesting to read if the villain succeeds! It’s provocative! 😏😏

Everyone is watching is a fun filled thriller that is very far fetched and is not to go into with overt high expectations. Not my favourite by the author but I would recommend as a popcorn thriller






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PRE REVIEW

Eeek this is one of my 10 Anticipated Reads of 2024!
So buzzed for this one!!!
Please don’t disappoint! 😅🤞🏾❤️❤️