First Impression Friday | 26/10/18

October 26, 2018 Kirsty Hanson

If you’re not aware of what First Impression Friday is, it was created by Joe at JW Martin – Storeys of Stories where, every Friday, he talks about his first impressions of his current read. I actually think that I’m going to do this bi-weekly because, at the moment, I don’t think that I’m going to be reading books that quick due to university.

I also think that – where Joe has said that he will just come back to his FIF post and link his reviews – I’m going to come back to the post, and just write if I was wrong or right. So I have my predicted ratings, and then I’m going to write my actual rating and a couple of sentences on what I actually thought. But I will link my full review as well (once it’s written!)

Title: We See Everything

Author: William Sutcliffe

Publication Date: 21st September 2017

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books

Pages: 304

Genre: YA Dystopian

Series: N/A

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.

I’m currently on page 50 of this, and so far, it’s definitely captured my attention. Being an avid gamer myself, I think it’s always interesting when authors use the talents that gamers have and then apply them to military things like Sutcliffe does in this book.

I’m a bit sad that the boys will never meet… I think that that would definitely add tension to the story, but I guess I’ll see how Sutcliffe tells the story. It could still be really effective without the two boys meeting.

I’m intrigued to see where this story takes me.