The Obsession – Book Review

Quick Review:- horrible ending, and could have been better.

Rating:- 2/5

ARE YOU REALLY HOME ALONE?

Sixteen-year-old Connie has been dragged into the world of vlogging – her mum Lou’s vlog is hugely popular, enough to bring in money for a new house, expensive lifestyle . . . and a lot of criticism.

While Lou and Connie’s older sister Isla are touring colleges, Connie stays home alone, where she becomes increasingly paranoid about comments on the vlog. Plus someone is turning up at her school and following her on her way home.

Then Connie’s best friend is attacked – the third teenage girl attacked in five weeks – and suspicion turns to Connie. Connie doesn’t know who she can trust any more and goes on the run. But will the killer – whoever they are – catch up with her?

Connie is dragged into the world of vlogging by her mother as her mother’s YouTube vlogs have become immensely popular, so now they could afford to live in a new mansion and live nicely. So when Lou and Isla leaves Connie home alone, to tour the colleges, Connie becomes increasingly paranoid about the comments on the vlog and thinks that someone is stalking. Connie’s best friend is attacked, which is the third attack in a matter of five weeks. Suspicions mount towards Connie and she has no idea who to trust.

On the plus side, the story kind of had a potential to be an interesting thriller. But there are lot of negative things about the book.

I couldn’t stand any of the characters in the book–found them annoying and selfish–particularly Connie’s mother and sister. Initially I liked Connie but her naivety at trusting strangers online bothered me. So fair to say, Gray is my only favorite character in the book, even though he only had a small role in the overall story.

Though this book is labelled as a thriller, 60% of the book is about the drama, with Connie fighting with her mother and sister, her being paranoid about someone stalking and the thriller starts actually towards the end. But my rating went down to two stars at the ending. I mean WTF is the ending???? Here’s the thing, I CANNOT stand cliffhangers in a standalone novel–I despise is. If it’s a series, then cliffhangers are fine but in standalone novels like this one…no, I hate that. Did not like the ending at all.

With that being said, and despite my horrible rating with this book, I am willing to read more books from this author and hopefully they are better than this book.

Overall worth 2 stars.