Gain Supervision Prepared By Alison Stine Shown As Softcover

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review, This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review,
Supervision was an interesting read a very interesting read, and I'm not entirely too sure how I feel about this particular novel.
The book definitely promotes diversity the main character is apparently an Asian American character that doesn't actually follow the typical Asian stereotype about time!.


In fact, this particular Asian American her name is Esme sometimes got to the point of making another Asian American moi wonder if she was just plain dumb.
Not to be racist not that I CAN be racist with my own race, but a chick who was smart enough to go to a private school in New York City with a scholarship has got to have come across the word "malicious" sometime throughout her scholarly career.
Either that, or Esme was just extremely mind blown after being told she's dead, her brain cells stopped working for a second.


But that doesn't mean I'm saying I want an Asian sprouting textbook language,

There were, however, at times where too much was going on my mind was running around and backtracking, rereading certain points of the book to attempt to get a better understanding and making connections from point A to point B.
We have Esme sort of having a normal life in New York before some sort of subway tunnel scene that results in a flash of white light, which made me wonder if Esme

is actually dead or dreaming.
It finally results in Esme getting sent straight to a small town that is far from the spectrum of New York with her eccentric grandmother.


In all honesty, that particular scene that seems to be the ultimatum of sending Esme to Wellstone wasn't entirely confusing at first.
But then we have a cast of ghosts that try to figure out why Esme can see, hear, and touch ghosts yet still experiences what the living experiences: two say Esme is dead, another says Esme isn't living or dead she's in between.
And between all of that, Esme tries to let her grandmother know she's okay with fail, figure out why the Stationmaster is interested in her, uncovering the ghosts' pasts, and why at least one kid goes missing from Wellstone every year.


Half the time I feel as though Stine tries to build Wellstone in a supernatural way it's obvious she seems to do a pretty good job in making the supernatural side of the town be as supernatural as possible.
However, the other half of the time I feel as though Supervision would be a lot better explained if it were a movie with all the visual effects that Stine tries to apply at some points in the book.


In the long run though, Supervision was enjoyable and fun to read, While the concept was interesting, the Supervision's movie version should there ever be one would probably be a lot more exciting and clearer than the book version.


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Thank you Netgalley for this eARC copy of Supervision,

Supervision is a paranormal mystery through and through, Ghosts galore. Spooky happenings. A murder mystery or ten, What more could you ask for Well, theres also some romance just in case and a few history lessons though theyre not totally accurate.


Esmé has had a rough childhood and has been sent to live with her estranged grandmother, Turns out her house is just as weird as she is and maybe Esmé is, too, when she starts to see ghosts.
Lots of ghosts. She sets out to figure out her own mystery as she tries to uncover why they died and what do they want.


Generally, the characters have little consistency in their personality or actions, I would blame that on their ghosty existences, but even the living face the same issues, On the plus side, each character has a few certain distinct traits that have carried over into the afterlife, setting them apart from one another.
Esmé and her family are also Chinese descendants, Unfortunately, her ethnicity is more of a plot device than anything else,

Supervision isnt necessarily a bad book, its just no where near good or even worth reading.
The book is loosely held together by weak story building with plenty of plot holes, Dialogue is the main tactic used to spur on the storyline, lacking variety and balance in writing style and story elements.
To be honest, it reads very much something a new writer would post on a writing site much like fanfictions that have every character you ever liked bend to your every whim.


I didnt violently dislike the novel, so I feel a bit weird giving it a one star, but it doesnt deserve anything higher.
If I hadnt received a copy of the novel through Netgalley, I would have stopped reading very early on, I would not recommend this book for anyone,

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Total:/Esme is different than all the other kids at her prestigious school in New York City.
She's on a scholarship, she looks different, she dresses different, and everyone thinks she lives in an imaginary world, Both of her parents died when she was five and now her older sister raises her and struggles to make ends meet so they can keep their apartment.
As Esme's grades are slipping, her sister warns her that the next time she messes up, she's on a train to her grandmother's house in the Pennsylvania countryside.
Esme ends up getting into trouble after investigating a graffiti sign in a train tunnel and her sister ships her off to her grandmother.
Except, once Esme arrives, her grandma can't see her, and when she goes to school the next day, her teachers and classmates don't notice her.
She finally meets Clara and Tom who take her under their wing, but they have a secret: they're dead and so is Esme.
Esme is positive she is still alive since she can breathe, bleed, eat, drink, and sleep, Tom and Clara can't, but with no one being able to see her, Esme begins to second guess herself as she becomes involved with Tom, Clara, and the other ghosts as well as their past lives.
What happened to Esme And can she figure out a way to return to her old life or will she join the other ghosts haunting the town

I loved the concept of this story, but the downside was the writing.
The sentences were choppy and sporadic, and there was a lot of jumping around inside the chapters which didn't make the writing flow.
There were spelling and grammatical errors that should be corrected before publication since this was an ARC, At times the plot grew boring but then an event would occur to draw me back in, Some scenes didn't make sense in the plot and I didn't connect to the main character, She was pretty flat with no significant traits or unique characteristics, With that being said, this was a nice read for those who are interested in light ghost stories,

I was provided an ARC by NetGalley in exchange for a review, Something is wrong with Esmé,

Kicked out of school in New York, she's sent to live with her grandmother in a small Appalachian town.
But something is wrong with the grandmother Ez hasn't seen for years she leaves at midnight, carrying a big black bag.
Something is wrong with her grandmother's house, a decrepit mansion full of stray cats, stairs that lead to nowhere, beds that unmake themselves.
Something is wrong in the town where a kid disappears every year, where a whistle sounds at night but no train arrives.


And something is wrong with the friendly neighbor Ez's age with black curls and blue eyes: He's dead.


Conceptually, Supervision had a lot going for it, Ghosts living in limbo, cursed to relive their death simply because it draws them in, and a girl with a gift in her bloodline that causes her to be attuned to them.
When Esme was shipped off to her grandmothers house in the middle of nowhere, little did she know that her gift would awaken in the strangest way possible she gets stuck in limbo, meaning she can see and hear ghosts and interact with them but the living cant do so with her.
For all purposes, she is like a ghost with the only distinction being she is actually living, So, stuck in a town she didnt want to be, she tries to get through to her grandmother while also befriending the ghosts around the house.
She, initially, comes off as a bratty teenager, someone who despises the world she lives in, but by the end, she evolves into a strong character when she takes down the villain.

While I loved the concept and the main character, the book was quite difficult to follow through, Things made no sense at the moment of reading, and the writing and pacing was a tad bit slow for me.
At times, there was just a lull in the progression of the plotline, and I was a bit bored, The story picked up towards the end, with the exposition, and action, but by then I was already a bit frustrated with it.
So, while I mostly got through the book and eventually it did seem good, I did not enjoy reading it.


Received an ARC from HarperCollins via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, .