Review of The Neighbour At Number 18 (Reload)
Posted: 01 Jun 2023, 09:52
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Neighbour At Number 18 (Reload)" by Hawa Crickmore.]
The Neighbour At Number 18 (Reloaded) by Hawa Crickmore is a fiction novel centered on a woman named Maria. It holds themes of betrayal, love, family, and sexual assault.
Brenda, Maria's mom, and Maureen grew close. Despite their age difference, Emilia, Mauren's 14-year-old daughter, and 10-year-old Maria instantly became friends. Maria looked up to her. Emilia caught the eye of Ian, Maureen's boyfriend, and they began an affair. One day, Tyler, Emilia's cousin, happened to walk in on them. Ian was forced to leave, and Tyler took advantage of the circumstance to blackmail Emilia into bringing her peers for him to have sexual relations with. Out of fear, Emilia complied. She ran out of girls to bring and decided to bring Maria. Unbeknownst to them, the police had been informed, and Tyler got arrested. Emilia fled to Spain. After Maria's encounter with Tyler, she developed feelings for him, which she kept a secret. Years later, Maria became a successful lawyer and got married to Ron. The marriage was going well until the neighbor at number 18 moved in.
I love that sexual assault is at the forefront of this book. It helps create awareness. It enlightens parents and shows them that children can be lured by their peers, as was the case in this book. Emilia lured her unsuspecting classmates to her cousin with the promise of goodies. Parents should warn their children against such people. This book also sheds light on vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. It shows us what the patient and the patient's family go through. I felt sad for Ron and his family as they watched Maria's health deteriorate.
Emilia was my least favorite character. I didn't like how she easily betrayed her mother and collaborated with her cousin to ruin the lives of helpless girls. It was quite wrong of her to include Maria, a young girl who looked up to her. I was glad they were caught.
The author did a wonderful job. I saw the characters develop as I kept on reading. Each character had its own distinct behavior. Additionally, the writing style was easy to comprehend.
Although this book had a lot of positive aspects, it also had a few negative ones. Firstly, the author often shuffled between present and past tense, which disrupted the flow of my reading. I found over ten errors, showing that it was not quite well edited. Secondly, given the title of this book, I thought that the neighbour at number 18 would play a vital role till the end of this book, but that was not the case.
Due to the above reasons, I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars. It was an enjoyable read. I recommend this book to readers who enjoy books centered on drama.
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The Neighbour At Number 18 (Reload)
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The Neighbour At Number 18 (Reloaded) by Hawa Crickmore is a fiction novel centered on a woman named Maria. It holds themes of betrayal, love, family, and sexual assault.
Brenda, Maria's mom, and Maureen grew close. Despite their age difference, Emilia, Mauren's 14-year-old daughter, and 10-year-old Maria instantly became friends. Maria looked up to her. Emilia caught the eye of Ian, Maureen's boyfriend, and they began an affair. One day, Tyler, Emilia's cousin, happened to walk in on them. Ian was forced to leave, and Tyler took advantage of the circumstance to blackmail Emilia into bringing her peers for him to have sexual relations with. Out of fear, Emilia complied. She ran out of girls to bring and decided to bring Maria. Unbeknownst to them, the police had been informed, and Tyler got arrested. Emilia fled to Spain. After Maria's encounter with Tyler, she developed feelings for him, which she kept a secret. Years later, Maria became a successful lawyer and got married to Ron. The marriage was going well until the neighbor at number 18 moved in.
I love that sexual assault is at the forefront of this book. It helps create awareness. It enlightens parents and shows them that children can be lured by their peers, as was the case in this book. Emilia lured her unsuspecting classmates to her cousin with the promise of goodies. Parents should warn their children against such people. This book also sheds light on vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. It shows us what the patient and the patient's family go through. I felt sad for Ron and his family as they watched Maria's health deteriorate.
Emilia was my least favorite character. I didn't like how she easily betrayed her mother and collaborated with her cousin to ruin the lives of helpless girls. It was quite wrong of her to include Maria, a young girl who looked up to her. I was glad they were caught.
The author did a wonderful job. I saw the characters develop as I kept on reading. Each character had its own distinct behavior. Additionally, the writing style was easy to comprehend.
Although this book had a lot of positive aspects, it also had a few negative ones. Firstly, the author often shuffled between present and past tense, which disrupted the flow of my reading. I found over ten errors, showing that it was not quite well edited. Secondly, given the title of this book, I thought that the neighbour at number 18 would play a vital role till the end of this book, but that was not the case.
Due to the above reasons, I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars. It was an enjoyable read. I recommend this book to readers who enjoy books centered on drama.
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The Neighbour At Number 18 (Reload)
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
,she might probably be someone I know, lol, 
... But one thing i find interesting about this book is that fact that, It teaches parents that sexual assault is real and not good, so parents should at all times take care of there children and also know there whereabout, know the kind of friends they keep.... And for teenagers, it teaches them to be careful of the situation they found themselves so as not to be used against them.