Name: Watch Over Me
Rating: 3.951754385964912 (114 reviews)
ISBN: 9780593108970

Nina LaCour

A newly graduated Mila emerges from foster care to accept a job on an isolated Northern California Coast farm where she confronts haunting memories and the traumas of her fellow residents.

Watch Over Me

- such a beautiful, cute, charming little young adult story. really has heaps and heaps to offer

- the literary equivalent of a warm bowl of soup and sitting under a blanket watching the leaves float by from the cool wind outside

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- nina lacour. nina lacour!!!

- such a beautiful, cute, charming little young adult story. really has heaps and heaps to offer

- the literary equivalent of a warm bowl of soup and sitting under a blanket watching the leaves float by from the cool wind outside

B Sai Sushma

The premise is fun, and I liked that it felt more slice of life than anything. I just wished her conflicted feelings were more vague I guess. Or at least more understandable.

Jeannette Ordas

I really loved this book, lots of sadness and a little bit of ghosts too - which is perfect for the spooky season. It's short, quick and easy to love.

Wes Michaud

this book was so atmospheric and the exploration of grief and how it affects us was beautiful and so well done is safe to say Nina is one of my favorite authors considering the fact that i have read and loved every single one of her solo works

Rosie

To me this book read like a thriller/mystery even thought it wasn’t one. I was always waiting from something to happen that didn’t but when I got to the end I just thought, “yeah this is it. This is what the book needed.”

It’s not as heart wrenching as I expected but after “we are okay” this is what I needed. 

Nina just has a way with words and the ability to tell a story perfectly. 

Flavia Louise

So idk what to think about this book. It's tragic like you expect from Nina LaCour. But also so beautiful and introspective.

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Alexa Auerbach 

this book was just ok. Talks about grief and dealing with grief/guilt. usually a huge fan of Nina lacour books but this one just didn’t have me hooked. this jumped around a lot between what was reality/a dream/a memory which was a little confusing because you could barely tell there was a font difference.

mary

Thank you to netgalley for this eARC! 

Content Warning: Death, grief, ghosts. 

Watch Over Me follows a recently graduated high school student called Mila, who has grown up in the foster care system. She receives an opportunity to move to a remote farm, and teach children there while being provided housing and food. At the farm, she is confronted by the ghosts of her past, and paranormal entities as well.

Nina LaCour has a captivating writing style, that really makes you feel the atmosphere she's writing about. Her writing was one of the main parts of this book I enjoyed, and felt like it was one of the strongest points. It was almost as if you could feel the chill of the air, or smell the food coming from the farmhouse as the character's were cooking it. It was a lovely thing to read! 

However, plot wise, it didn't really make sense. I struggled to follow along with the events of the novel, and felt that some of the plot points weren't explained well enough for them to make sense. Nothing really happened in this book, which is a shame, because LaCour's writing style is so lovely. I would've loved this book more if the plot had a bit more to it, or was stretched out just a bit longer in order to make the readers care. I spent a large majority of this book being confused about the events in it. 

That being said, the characters were enjoyable to read about. They felt like a natural fit to Mila's character arc, and the found family aspect of this book was one of the best parts. Ultimately, I don't think I was the right audience for this book, however, I can see why so many people have given it rave reviews.

megan

For starters, I love the concept of this novel. The farm is such an interesting setting, and from the moment it was introduced, I wanted to learn more about its history and the ghosts that inhabit it. I'll admit, at first, I wasn't super keen on the idea of these ghosts, but as I read on, I found myself enjoying the role they play in this novel. 
While I sometimes had trouble keeping track of all of the different characters, I found many of them compelling and enjoyable, particularly Mila and Lee. Speaking of Mila, I greatly enjoyed her as a narrator, and found her background and character development interesting. LaCour has a real knack for writing flawed yet sympathetic characters, and Mila is no exception. Overall, I found "Watch Over Me" to be a captivating and enjoyable read!

Caitlyn DeRouin

Nina LaCour has a lovely writing style that I really enjoy. In this book, in particular, I really loved the found family aspect of the story. The relationship between Mila and Lee I found very lovely and heartwarming. 

While I enjoy her writing her style, unfortunately, I often find that her books me wanting more. This story is more character-driven than plot-driven, and while I love character-driven stories, the lack of plot in this one made it easy for me to zone out while reading and not be fully invested in the story.

I definitely can see how and why this story (and her other works) have resonated with so many, but unfortunately for me, I don't seem to connect as well.

Jane The Bookaholic

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⭐️ 3 Stars ⭐️

I feel like this book is exactly 3 stars. 
It was enjoyable, I liked it, but it wasn’t more, and it won’t be a book that I’d think a lot about. 
I like the writing and the characters, the characters felt real, and I think the plot was nice. Some things surprised me, some were predictable, but overall I felt like it was a little bit... pointless? 
The end was okay, but just okay. It was a nice read (especially for a readathon because it’s so short), but nothing more

Watch Over Me

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