Reviews

Mr Nobody by Catherine Steadman

mollyhee's review against another edition

3.0

For an interesting premise, the story itself is extremely boring.

dblue236's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While I felt the pace was a little slow for the first half of this book, when things started to fall into place I found it both incredibly entertaining and wildly unrealistic. I'm not the kind of person who needs hyperrealism in order to enjoy a story, though, so I found I wasn't really bothered by the things that made me go "This would never actually happen." I was completely at a loss as to who Matthew really was and found the reveal exciting and unexpected. This isn't the kind of thing you can analyze with a fine-toothed comb and still take seriously, but it was a really fun read nonetheless and I enjoyed it immensely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

wombat_88's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

vanlaw's review against another edition

1.0

Pretty disappointed here! It felt like the author was trying to emulate Bourne or something, but it was a poor attempt. Every character was one-dimensional, the internal dialogue was awkward, and the author would randomly break from internal dialogue to talk directly to the reader for a sentence.

The family drama was such a let down, I thought the father was a killer or something… and instead he defrauded people of under £1 million, which caused a murder attempt against his daughter 15 years later?? Sure.

And then the whole Matthew storyline completely fell apart for me. I barely had any interest to uncover that mystery, and the resulting discovery was both convoluted and horribly banal. I had so many ideas of how it might end, and I was completely let down.

crayfray's review against another edition

2.0

Started great. Ended bad. 

alanaheade's review against another edition

2.0

This was very average

kaceyp14's review against another edition

2.0

Took me forever to finish bc it did it hold my attention.

jpsmom923's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Just okay. Disappointed with the last quarter of the book. Was expecting Mr Nobody to be someone else. 

alybre13's review against another edition

3.0

My gripes with this book- writing was sooooo slow and dull. Ending was great but not worthy of pulling my star rating up

My gripe with her first book (something in the water)- writing was great but ending was dumb, cliche, and overdone.

Will she get it right in the third book? Good writing AND a good plot/ending? To be honest I’m not sure it’s worth another ready to see. Jury is still out

louise_b_1984's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75