#ATBR2020 Review: We Hear Voices by Evie Green
Thank you Berkley Publishing and NetGalley for this review copy.
Publisher: Berkley
Publish Date: December 1, 2020
Kindle Edition
384 Pages
Standalone
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
My Review:
Imagine you're in a pandemic... I know, I know... it's a stretch, but just try. Now imagine you're a kid that caught whatever "flu" (J5X) is going around, gets REALLY sick but then starts to recover. But he's also brought with him a new imaginary friend named Delfy. Imaginary friends are harmless right? 😉 Spider bouquet anyone? 🕷♥
As an only child you would've thought I would've had an imaginary friend but I never did. I would make up scenarios in my head all the time and hold conversations where I was the voice of everyone that wasn't there... but they were people I knew and never someone that didn't actually exist. I have ALWAYS been fascinated with imaginary friends and then couple that with kids turned creepy AND add a pandemic to the mix? I'm in! Yes, I'm that person who watched all the pandemic movies when all of *this* occurred but anywayssssssssssss......
I'm SUPER torn in how I feel about this novel. The concept it fantastic and the synopsis hooked me straight away. I do feel that some parts of the book felt like we were being told, rather than shown, what was happening. And this was usually in a cluster of sentences that basically told the reader what happened over a short period of time. It just seemed off compared to the feel of the rest of the read. (cluster of sentences... paragraph, whatever 🤣) I had fun with how the characters ended up intersecting but that ending....
Ok, let me say that I love when books get wonky. And this absolutely gets wonky. I'm undecided if I'm LOVING on it or just kinda MEH about it. Either way, I swiped to the left one last time on my e-copy with a head shake and a smile. There's certainly some plots holes but as a debut, I'm pretty excited for the whole concept of this story. I'm gonna keep an eye on Green... I'm excited to see what else she has for us in the future.
★★★
Jessica's Review:
So, not only is there a pandemic raging, a little boy catches the virus and almost dies from it. Thankfully, he recovers, but with his recovery comes a new imaginary friend named Delfy. Imaginary friends are harmless, right? Well, not in this case. Delfy seems to be controlling his every move and some have horrible outcomes. Is this something that all survivors are experiencing? So many questions and you’re in for a crazy ride!
I think this is a solid debut for Evie Green and I’m looking forward to what she has for us next. This was a great concept and had plenty of creepy and unsettling moments throughout. There was just something that missed for me, and I can’t really place what. Again, probably a “me as a reader thing”, I know a lot of other readers that are raving about this! Highly recommend giving this one a read.
3 stars
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