Watching You

De: Lynda Renham

Narrado por: Rosie Akerman

A gripping edge-of-the-seat thriller with a stunning twist

Ewan Galbreith is out of prison. Libby Owen is scared. Fifteen years earlier she saw Ewan murder her aunt and uncle with their own shotgun, and now he's coming for her.

Watching You is an edge-of-the-seat thriller with intriguing characters, an enthralling story line, and a shocking ending.

©2018 Raucous Publishing (P)2018 Raucous Publishing

Great listen!

Really enjoyed listening to this and wasn’t expecting how it ended. Fantastic performance by the narrator, she put so much emotion into her reading and had unique voices for each character. I received a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

A solid, if flawed, thriller

Rosie Akerman's performance is very winsome. I'd say she shines the most when she is doing her MANY character voices and accents without as much theatricality; e.g. trying to deepen her voice sounds a little comical at times, and some of the minor characters are relegated to having cartoonish voices. But even that might be too harsh a criticism. She really is a fine narrator -- extremely talented and engaging, with a very appealing clear crisp voice. In moments of heightened stakes, she does interesting things with pacing and breath that I haven't heard before.

*Some vague SPOILERS following*

As for the story: It was a solid premise and tightly written. I saw the twist coming but enjoyed the payoff nonetheless. I enjoyed the elements of cyberstalking, manipulating those around our protagonist with false messages, and little clues sprinkled throughout as to the true nature of our narrators. I even enjoyed jumping around in time (which was never confusing), and shifting between perspectives. The climax was exciting and well-executed.

I couldn't help but think throughout, given that the stakes are quite high, that it could have been far more suspenseful than a handful of text messages bothering our protagonist. I kept waiting for a more dramatic build. In my opinion, the plot device of the song "Every Breath You Take" felt a little cheap and on-the-nose as well. There was also one rather glaring (for me) plot hole that I don't recall being explained -- why didn't the police find the tape immediately after the murder? It only took our characters a few minutes.

Outstanding Shocker

I almost gave up in the early chapters. I'm so glad that I didn't. The ending totally blew my mind. I thought that I had it all figured out....wrong!! Definitely worth the time and the money invested. You won't be disappointed. At all. 😀😀😀

I enjoyed this book extremely

the book was fantastic it was hard racingly good
the story was written extremely good everything was amazing and very well written the narrator did a really good job as well thumbs up for this book
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Not that suspenseful

The story was just average. It was a good listen, but not a great one. I felt the story was longer than it needed to be and the mixture of flashback to present time was difficult to follow at time. The narration was just average compared to the many audiobooks I have listened to. I was given this book in exchange for and honest non-biased review.