Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she’s known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community’s past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block—her neighbor Theo.
But Sydney and Theo’s deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised.
When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other—or themselves—long enough to find out before they too disappear?
Published: 1st September 2020
Publisher: William Morrow
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Series or Stand-Alone: Stand-Alone
Source: Owned
MY REVIEW
I have to be honest and say that this book was not at all on my radar but heard about it through the Literally Dead Book Club which is on Goodreads and hosted by Booksandlala on You Tube. I am a massive fan of thrillers, so I thought I would give this a go. Why not!
We follow Sydney who has lived in her Brooklyn neighbood all her life. With her mother ill and not living at home at the moment, Sydney is on her own. She can't shake the feeling that she is being watched or followed. She also notices a lot of changes in the neighbourhood with for sale signs popping up, people she has known her entire life moving away or just play outright disappearing. Something isn't right. With the help of a neighbour, Theo, they delve into the history of the neighbourhood.
Yes, I did enjoy reading this book and was certainly very intrigued as to what on earth was going in the neighbourhood and who was 'watching' Sydney. For me, this story dragged a lot with plenty of places throughout where I could have easily put this down and not picked it up again. Maybe it was my mistaken expectations but I was hoping for a twist or spectacular ending that just didn't land for me. Very predictable. That said, I really did enjoy the writing and would certainly look at some point in the future to pick up another book from this author.
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