We See Everything by William Sutcliffe

Rating: 3/5

Category: Young Adult Contemporary Fiction

Started: 21st November, 2017

Finished: 29th November, 2017

Pages: 304

Copy: Australian ARC, Paperback

Publication Date: December, 2017

Publisher: Bloomsbury
http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/

RRP (AU): $16.99

Ebook Available: Unsure

Recommended ages: 14+

Blurb: Lex lives on The Strip – the overcrowded, closed-off, bombed-out shell of London. He’s used to the watchful enemy drones that buzz in the air above him. 

Alan’s talent as a gamer has landed him the job of his dreams. At a military base in a secret location, he is about to start work as a drone pilot. 

These two young men will never meet, but their lives are destined to collide. Because Alan has just been assigned a high-profile target. Alan knows him only as #K622. But Lex calls him Dad.

Overall Comment: Beautifully written but unsure on how I feel. 

Review: Thank you Bloomsbury, Australia for sending me this book to read and review!

This book definitely sparked an immediate interest for me as it included drones, a one off from the Aviation sector which is a great interest for myself and indeed I did find the drone sector interesting, but this book was so different to what I thought it would be. This is normal of course, one cannot simply jump into a novel knowing what happens fully unless they read it already or have spoiled themselves. So therefore; here is my review. I cannot be sure what I think of this book. It was written beautifully and was set in a surreal state with facts, evidence and events that I can see happening in real life and with an interesting plot line. Though, on the other hand, relationships were developed in a day or so which lead to complex relationship movements which I cannot tell if they happened over just one day or a year in all and time seemed to skip past. Then the story just got somewhat cut off and I was left in a state of confusion and wonder to the very last page with events that I cannot tell if are illegal or not, like what was the age of Craig at the end when those events happened like...okay? And the characters seemed rather vague, but they did spark and interest. Alan was somewhat annoying, he was always trying to express sympathy for himself to no avail and it was kind of a pain to read because I just really wanted him to just shut up and try to listen to what his mother was trying to tell him. He seemed very sulky and though this was frustrating, it did built character and I do believe it benefited the story in the end. Lex was a confusing character and he was quite hard to read. He always seemed to be out and about and his actions didn't particularly make sense or caused an interest in me and for this, bad seems to come into hand. And his feelings towards a certain character and the actions they take was just quick and unusual and for me, didn't do much. This certain character, whose name I cannot quite recall, was a character who I didn't care about at all. She just appeared and caused a huge mess. I understand that the story does follow a teenage line and the actions she took with Lex seem normal enough but the need to get laid, literally, caused a huge entire mess and I hated the scene and it just caused a weird vibe to the book which was reflected in the ending and made me feel somewhat uncomfortable. I knew this girl was no good and I didn't care for her life before, during and after. In all, this book did open my eyes to varying issues in our society that could very well lead to a war-type issue such as that seen within this book and so it was good to open the eyes and heart to the modern day but the characters were not my favorite. Anyway, I am not entirely sure what I think of this book and will have to give it some time to see what actually happens to my feels. Emmaleah, your fellow Book Musketeer Xx All for One and One for All!