Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Atria Books for gifting me a digital ARC of this psychological thriller by Armando Lucas Correa - 4 stars!
Leah has been living with akinetopsia, or motion blindness, since she was a child. She walks through the Manhattan streets using her white cane, and people assume she is blind. But with her heightened senses, Leah sees much more than normal. She has a quiet, contained life, with her elderly neighbors and caretaker as friends, seeing her therapist, and going to the bookstore. That all changed when Alice moved in next door. She hears arguments with a man and can sense Alice's fear and even smell her attacker. Is Leah in danger as well?
This was a fascinating look into this disease and a thought-provoking look into how we perceive things in person and in photos as well. I was invested in Leah's character from the beginning and felt her loneliness and isolation. It's somewhat of a slow burn, with the tension increasing towards the end of the book to those final twists!
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