A review by holdenwunders_
Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Whoever You Are, Honey is my first book by this authour and I am officially a Gatwood fan! This was a unique look on the lives of women in a slice of life story that had a surprising number of thriller techniques strewn throughout. It made the story incredibly quick to read with undertones of suspicious behaviours and a tone that had me questioning certain characters, desperate to know more.

Possible spoilers (I recall reading aspects of this being AI in the synopsis and think it would’ve hit harder if I didn’t know that going in.  It unfolded in a lovely way and looking at the updates I think this decision was changed and prefer it).

My only critique here is that I wanted more from the ending. I didn’t dislike it but desperately wanted to know what happened with Lena as she was the one I identified with most. This was very much slice of life and it has a solid structure of how it’s ending and I don’t have many questions besides that. I get it’s most likely the point here and was a creative choice but I hated filling in a definitive answer to Lena’s “end.” For that I’d give it a solid 3.5 ⭐️ 
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