A review by targrhaegar
Neighborhood Watch by Sarah Reida

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a free copy of this book.

Neighborhood Watch is a story about a group of rich people who live in a picture-perfect neighborhood and who start getting killed one by one. The characters in this book are supposed to be horrible and disgusting people. However, they felt too cartoonish and exaggeratedly evil. This made it hard for me to hate them, which is what you're supposed to do as the reader (or as any normal human being, because these characters are objectively bad people). Instead, I just found them really funny and entertaining and I honestly felt really bad when they got murdered.

The murders in this book are really creative and even poetic, in a way. I liked the murder weapons that were used for each victim and how they were used. Each murder was extremely ironic, considering what the victims were thinking about or doing right before they were murdered. I really liked this aspect of the book. The author did a great job with that.

I suspected a certain character was the murderer about halfway in, but I wasn't so sure. When said character was reveled as the murderer, I wasn't surprised. I had some other suspects, but this one made the most sense. I liked the reveal and everything that happened after.

The most important part about this book is that it's so much fun to read. I couldn't put it down. Neighborhood Watch is extremely easy to read and you will finish it in a sitting, enjoying every single second of it. It's such an entertaining book. And very creepy, too. I got so nervous every time one of the characters heard weird noises inside their house.

Speaking of houses, WHY THE HELL DID THEY STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE A KILLER WAS ON THE LOOSE?

Anyways, I really loved this book because, as I said, it's so entertaining. The ending is very satisfying and I wouldn't have had it any other way. I'm so glad I read this book. 

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