Armando Lucas Correa

Interesting psychological suspense.

Leah has an unusual neurological condition known as akinetopsia. She is unable to see movement. She, on her own now that her mother has died, lives in Manhattan in a lovely pre-war apartment with only her elderly companion, Antonia, and some equally old neighbors as friends. Then Alice moves into the apartment next door. Since Leah's other senses are heightened, she can smell and hear the fear that Alice is experiencing and finds that Alice trying to escape and divorce an abusive husband. Leah feels and intuits things that others can't. She knows that Alice needs her help.

This was quite the novel and with Leah, an increasingly unreliable narrator, almost certainly delusional, the reader knows this is not going to end well. The twists to the climax came at a rapid pace and I could not put it down so read it all in a single sitting. I listened to the audiobook while following along in the ARC e-book provided by the publisher. The narrator did an excellent job voicing the characters and projecting just the right amount of drama into the story. Definitely a genre bender with an unusual premise that many will find very compelling.… (altro)

Wow, this was a unique and explosive psychological thriller.
Leah has akinetopsia (motion blindness). She lives in NYC, and travels around the city. People don't realize that she can see, but not movement. Leah's other senses are heightened, esp. hearing and smell.
Alice moves next door, and Leah's life changes. She can hear Alice's conversations, and Alice's disagreements with her husband. Leah and Alice become friends, and Alice convinces Leah that the husband is abusive. One night, Leah wakes to smell bergamot, and is sure she is danger, and is wary of those with that smell. Leah likes Mark from the bookstore, and hopes for a relationship.
I didn't see the twists but did have questions early on - so the twists made sense. Well done - I will look for more from this author!… (altro)