Never Saw Me Coming
Ratings34
Average rating3.5
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Ratings34
Average rating3.5
Meet Chloe Sevre. She's a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. Her hobbies include yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her. Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study for psychopaths--students like herself who lack empathy and can't comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements. When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan into action, she'll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths--and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath. Never Saw Me Coming is a compulsive, voice-driven thriller by an exciting new voice in fiction, that will keep you pinned to the page and rooting for a would-be killer.
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This was super interesting at first, but the constant switch between multiple storylines (I only cared about Chloe's) and the clinical writing style took me out
Good thriller. However, the conversations between characters were very disjointed.
Complex Story With Interesting (But Unnecessary) Commentary In Finale. This is a particular idea that I didn't really know I was drawn to until reading Victoria Helen Stone's Jane Doe books, about a slightly more mature psychopath than these college students here. So when I saw the premise here, I pretty well had to check it out. The overall story works well and will keep you guessing - and you're most likely not going to guess right until the final reveal. The various aspects of psychopathy shown work well, and work well to show that everyone can lead a fairly normal life - thus helping (a bit) to destigmatize the condition. Including the romance that at least a few other reviewers panned - I enjoyed it for showing that even true psychopaths are capable of it, though admittedly this isn't a romance book and thus that element is never a core focus of the tale. The switching from character to character was usually abrupt and could have used a bit better editing, perhaps naming the character at the top of the chapter and even breaking into a new chapter (with character name) when a perspective jumps mid chapter. But that is perhaps something that could be seen at the beta/ ARC level (and this book is still almost two months from publication as I write this review) and perhaps corrected. So if you're reading this review years after publication, know that this particular issue may or may not exist any longer.
The commentary in the finale, about the doc and his perspectives, wasn't really necessary but did provide an interesting, rarely seen wrinkle. One I happened to know about outside of this book and largely agree with, so it was refreshing to see it both discussed and discussed in such a positive light here. But again, it was ultimately unnecessary for the tale and thus a bit of a momentum killer in the final stretch. (Though fortunately it is fairly brief, so there is that at least.)
Overall a truly enjoyable read with a fairly rare and possibly unique premise. Very much recommended.
