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No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara

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

3.0

 
 

Read: November 6, 2023
 Title: No One Saw a Thing 

Author: Andrea Mara 

Genre: Thriller
 Rating: 3 / 5
 Review: 

I have to admit, I HATED this book AT FIRST. I recently read The Coworker by Freida McFadden which I would have given 0 stars if I could, but I’m getting off track. Like The Coworker, No One Saw a Thing didn’t have a single character I could root for (at first). Every single person introduced was just terrible people! So, I was really REALLY worried that this was going to be a repeat. I was very pleasantly surprised when it wasn’t. 

Granted, the novel wasn’t a homerun, but I really enjoyed it. The writing was very repetitive (If I had to read ‘And then everything changed’ or ‘Everyone found out’ or [insert the same idea in different words here] I think I was going to rip the book apart), and a lot of the smaller ‘plot twists’ were extremely predictable (especially if you have kids). There were too many names thrown about all at once, so it was easy to get them all confused (though later in the books it’s a bit easier), and it was obvious that Mara had absolutely 0 trust in her audience to come to their own conclusions (though I have found this to be the case with most Mystery/Thriller writers today). And the main character is unrealistically dense when it comes to questioning some pretty big things. 

All that being said, there were a few main plot twists that I wasn’t expecting (nothing earth shattering but enough to make me go ‘Ah, I see now’). The character development of Jude honestly made the whole book worth it for me. The plot was fairly neatly done, despite the cliffhangers being annoyingly (and unnecessarily) placed. The writing style was decent, and the pace was practically perfect. I’m definitely going to recommend this novel to others in the future. 

 


  Quotes: 
 “Just because someone else suffers more, it doesn’t mean we’re not suffering too. There’s always someone worse off and, by that logic, we’d never be allowed to admit to finding anything difficult at all.” 

TW:
Kidnapping, Stalking, Toxic Friendship, Toxic Relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of Parent, Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Violence.

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