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What Z Sees
Karen Rivers
Raincoast
So a while ago, I reviewed Karen Rivers’ other book Y in the Shadows.That book was awesome by the way. So obviously, I was excited when I saw this book on the Mini Book Expo site for grabs. Like really excited. So, I claimed it. And then school got in the way, so did the organization and running of an event called Trick or Eat. Which unfortunately meant, that reading this book got pushed to the major back burner. (and it probably means that I’ve been blacklisted from ever claiming another book from Mini Book Expo because I broke the rules)
Opps, digression. Now I un-digress (if there is such a word).
Like Y in the Shadows, What Z Sees also has 3 narrators and different point of views. After reading What Z Sees, I now know that it was the switching of narrators and point of view writing that made me dizzy in Y in the Shadows. Well, at least, I’m reasonably sure that that’s what was making my head spin. What Z Sees follows Zara, who after an accident gains the power to see people’s thoughts. Everyone’s thoughts, and not just her twin brother’s thoughts like before the accident. The other two narrators are Axel, Zara’s twin brother who has problems of his own; and Sin (short for Cynthia), who is Zara’s best friend and has a serious crush on Axel.
Zara’s narration is in 1st person; Axel’s is in third person; and Sin’s is in 2nd person. Which is like, huh? 2nd person? I haven’t read 2nd person since my childhood obsessions with those Choose your own adventure books. So it was a little weird reading in 2nd person. For a while, I would turn the page and expect there to be choices at the bottom.
Anyhow, What Z Sees was pretty good. My head did spin when I read the book this time. And there was a really good break-up scene in the book. It was awesome. I’m disappointed that we weren’t given an explanation on why she could see everyone’s thoughts all of a sudden. And why she stopped seeing everyone thoughts.
3 years ago