Nightwatching

This is an absolute page turner right from the first page!

I was absolutely gripped by this from start to finish, it was just impossible to stop. It's so tense and it's written in a way where you can't trust a thing anyone says. So so good!

3.5

Kept me on the edge of my seat!

I enjoyed “Nightwatching,” but I think it could have been better in so many ways. The beginning of the book was setup perfectly,, adding suspense and leaving me wanting more. The entire middle of the book did not add much at all, and the ending had a bit of expense but became easy to know what was next. To me, this book was like having the blueprint for a hotel and building a trailer (no offense).

I haven't felt this stressed out reading a book as I was with this. Everything about this was stressful. It was an entire book about gaslighting and I usually hate these kinds of books, but this was really good.

This is a soft DNF for now. I want to know what happens but I'm frustrated with thrillers at the moment so I'm taking a break 

Really wanted to like this one. I knew going into it that the action wasn't the main plot point; but I just didn't expect for it to end so soon. The home-invasion part was really good, but then most of the book was an investigation on proving the main character wasn't crazy for witnessing the events. The plot twist of the husband being dead got me, but that was it.I didn't like how none of the characters had names, and were just referred to as Mother, Daughter, Son, Husband, Father-in-Law, etc. A lot of this book was just slow and repetitive and boring. If the stakes were higher and we spent more time in the invasion, I would have liked it much more. 

First half: 5/5
Second half: 3/5. It went the psychological route with a rather flat ending. Would still recommend and read again from this author.

How best to describe Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra? Psychological Thriller? Yes. Suspenseful? Yes. Claustrophobic? Yes. Creepy as hell? Definitely.
The tension mounts chapter by chapter, but midway Sierra moves the goalposts so that you are left thinking “hang on, what's going on here?” Then, as we reach the final third, it all starts to make sense again.
We learn some of the heroines background throughout the story. These tend to break the tension, and can be a little annoying when they crop up just as things are getting interesting.
Not one of the characters in this book has a name. This should have been irritating, but I became so invested in the story, I stopped noticing.
Many thanks to Netgalley, Viking Books and Penguin Random House for the eARC in exchange for this review.