YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WATCHING
You’re back home after four years working abroad, a new husband in tow.
You’re keen to find a place of your own. But for now you’re crashing in your big brother's spare bedroom.
That's when you meet the man next door.
He’s the head teacher of the local high school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him.
All the time.
But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession.
Or that someone is watching you.
This is the third novel by Lisa Jewell I have read and reviewed, Since She Been Gone is still pretty much my favourite but now I can see patterns in her works. Like Teenagers and Adults being on the same level, with kids tending to know more than adult characters. That's probably true of life as well.
There are a lot of unlikeable characters at play and people doing morally wrong things.
The setting of this book involves a group of rich people, living in fancy houses and lot of strained relationships.
There is Autism Rep in this book and makes me go okay. It's not terrible, maybe bad aspects to start
with, I wasn't sure where she was going with this character at the start. We do have a character that's probably socially stunted, perhaps more from the way he's being raised than being on the spectrum. Jewell goes on that labels are a good thing so I can get behind it and the characters are involved with the plot. It's definitely on the better side of Autistic rep, and there's more than one character with it. It's more on the exampling side but makes sense with the plot.
Overall, I give this book 4/5 stars for Gate Locks. It's a decent thriller in a world with bloated failed shockers.
Read: 20/12/2019 to 22/12/2019
Reviewed: 26/12/2019 - 18/03/2020
Narrator/s: Gabrielle Glaister
Medium: Audiobook
Published Date: 12th July 2018
Publisher: Cornerstone Digital
Source: Library
Content Warning for Book: I'm not sure, but memory says: Death, Suicide,
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