Win The Obsession Engineered By Jesse Q. Sutanto Released As Hardcover
review contain a major spoiler in the ending
How are you not lure in as soon as you read the blurb A classic sort of love story except somebody might wind up dead yeah, I am sold! Told in a dual POV, The Obsession manages to bring me into such a rollercoaster ride for how suspenseful and suffocating it was before it breaks me.
What I like best about this book is how Sutanto created two distinct main characters who are allegorically similar.
With all of his delusions and obsessions towards Sophie and Dee, you can see how sick Logan is as he was written in such a way to convince us that he is the deranged one.
Meanwhile, we were made to sympathize with Dee for her misfortunes, only to realize later that she may not be as morally astute as we originally thought.
Even though her trauma almost justified her acts, the ending made it difficult for me to be in the same wavelength as her I'll get back to the ending later.
However, it was a bit difficult for me to get into the book at first, which I think may have to do with the prosaic writing.
In a way, you may interpret this as an attempt to exhibit that the narrative was told by a teenager, as well as the jist on what transpires in the brain of someone who is sick in his figment of imagination that also then includes lots of monologues, consequently made it appear tedious and repetitive.
Like, I do enjoy Logan's unhinged thoughts or Dee's tainted brain, it's just that I wish the story was told more engagingly.
The other thing that left me at sixes and sevens was the history between Logan and Sophie as they weren't given a solid establishment.
It feels like there was a piece in their story that was missing as I do not know what's their real deal or how it supposed to serve the present timeframe.
What more when you consider that Logan is such an unreliable narrator, This may be intentional though but it also made the story a bit disjointed,
Now getting back to the ending: as much as most personality disorders are constant and unrelenting, and very hard to cure, Logan deserves help than being used as revenge.
The attempt to pin Logans behavior on a mental illness doesnt sit right with me either since some people are perfectly awful without being mentally ill.
This part truly breaks me, especially when you denote the hurts Logan feels when he realized what was done to him.
Although I don't suppose that is the goal because as much as the novel succeeds as a thriller, it falls short as a cautionary tale on delineating telling the truth as most mystery/thriller books do.
Still and all, this doesn't take away the pleasure of reading this book, I believe it'll be a memorable one and I'm not sure if I can even recover for how this book ends.
This also makes me exhilarated to start sitelinkDial A for Aunties and sitelinkThe New Girl to see the range in Sutanto's writing as I've been hearing good different appraises.
I may be a little obsessed with stalkers, I find stories about stalkers fascinating! I cannot get enough,
The Obsession is told in a dual POV, We meet the stalker Logan who has an unhealthy obsession with Delilah,
From Delilahs POV we find out she is sick and tired of being controlled by men so she decides to take matters into her own hands.
And so our story begins!
I really enjoyed this book! I would compare this to You YA version it kept me interested the whole time.
This book made me uncomfortable in the best way, You know that feeling when youre so horrified by a thriller but you just cant put it down Yeah I got that a lot with this book.
I wasnt a huge fan of the abrupt ending but I do understand why it was done, Im obviously gonna “patiently” wait for the second book,
I think this book can be enjoyed by everyone and not just YA lovers,
Thank you to Sourcebooks Fire and netgalley for the eARC of this book,
"Logan was fizz and fireworks, Beneath the model good looks was a brain bursting with brilliance, Delicious sharpedged wit, an intense stare that made you feel he was truly listening to what you were saying, Irresistible. I knew what it was like to be under his spell, to be sucked into the Logan vortex, "
This was a fastpaced read that was really interesting and promising in the beginning, I particularly loved all the accurate mentions of Singapore because we are so rarely mentioned in international fiction novels, let alone in such detail culturewise.
Sadly, the second half of the book fell flat for
me and I found the overall story rather dull.
Nothing shocking or dramatic ever really happened, and the side characters were so onedimensional that they might have well not been there.
I think my problem focus on my was that I cared more about Logan than Delilah, I usually love strong survivors who do whatever it takes to survive but Delilah came across as cold, unfeeling and detached to me so I never really warmed to her.
Logan's POV and having insight into the way his mind worked was fascinating, however,
Will be interesting to see where the sequel goes, Boy meets girl. Girl meats boy.
What happens when you're both psychos and just don't know it yet The Obsession does, . . Beware!
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I knew every curve of her mind, the parts no one else did, c
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Even in my wildest dreams, I never thought things would progress this well, everything clicking into place beautifully, like streams flowing downhill to join a river, everything was meant to be.
I was so delirious with the touch of her, the scent everywhere around me, that I didnt realize, . . c
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“Frat parties are basically a cesspool of horny guys drunk on privilege and booze trying to get girls deaddrunk so they can take advantage of them.
I mean, sure, thats a stereotype, and Im sure some frat parties are nice and some frat guys respect women or whatever, but this guy is asking a high school girl to come on her own to a place where shell be completely surrounded by his friends.
I dont think you should go, Not without a shitload of pepper spray and a couple of Tasers, ”
By the time I finished my speech, they were all staring at me with mouths open, Crap. Id gone too far. I shouldnt have said all those things, c
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“You just dont want me to miss out on life experiences, ”
“You can miss out on this one,” c
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Logan was fizz and fireworks, Beneath the model good looks was a brain bursting with brilliance, Delicious sharpedged wit, an intense stare that made you feel like he was truly listening to what you were saying.
Irresistible. I knew what it was like to be under his spell, to be sucked into the Logan vortex, c
Q: this is a really interesting story, a little simple, but great for fans looking to fill that sitelink 'you' void,
i think at face value, this is good for what it is, boy meets girl. boy stalks girl. boy blackmails girl. girl changes that. again, pretty simple and straightforward, the pacing is pretty quick, but i think some more twists and turns could have elevated the story as so much of the plot content is given in the synopsis.
i also think the ending feels somewhat rushed, an epilogue or some sort of follow up a couple weeks after the big conclusion would have been nice in terms of closure.
i know this is meant to be the first book in the series, so maybe the sequel will take care of this.
overall, this is a decent debut and an engaging enough start to a series,
thank you to sourcebooks fire for the ARC!
stars Delusional disorder is a mental illness in which the patient presents delusions.
Apart from delusions, people with DD may continue to socialise and function in a normal manner and their behaviour does not necessarily generally seem odd.
The Obsession
by Jesse Q, Sutanto
My :
I enjoyed this little stalker book way more than I would have expected.
I think one reason for that is that it is not your typical stalker book, Logan is indeed obsessed with Dee but there are so many other dynamics at play in this book, I read it in one sitting,
I do not want to say to much, if anything, about the plot which is unusual for me but this one I do believe is one best gone into blind or at least knowing as little as possible.
It is not a slow burn, This book pulsates with energy, It locks you in and wont let you stop reading! The time flies on by,
Dee is a flawed narrator and Logan, the other narrator, well, he is troubled to say the least! It's a battle of wills between the two of them and I loved every sick moment!
I really think those who are fans of the book "You" would like this.
It is that type of book, Stalker and stalkee do sort of have some type of relationship but I will say no more,
What is interesting is how FAST this can be read, I usually like a slow burn and this is as far from that as can be, But last night I was craving something to just lose myself in, I wanted something with drama and plot twists and I wanted it to be a page turner, I certainly got that here,
My two complaints and the reasons this did not get a five are the following:
ANIMAL CRUELTY ALERT:
Just one scene and I hate to say this but this scene sort of was imperative to the plot.
That doesn't mean I wasn't pissed though, Most of my GR friends know I abhor any animal cruelty but I understand here why the author had to do it.
Still did it have to be so graphic
The other thing is the title, This title is not good enough for what the book was, It's sort of a tawdry title, I amused myself picking alternative titles for the book, How about, "The Snake" Or, . "The snake and the rat" or "Dreamgirl" or "Love is kind"
The Obsession obviously snags one's interest but in my case I almost passed it on by BECAUSE of the title.
But a few GR friends had read it and the plot looked so good, And it was!
So as far as stalker books and YA mysteries go, it is at the top of the heap.
Is there a part two I shall have to investigate, Four for a surprisingly compelling story, .