I'm going to start by saying that this isn't my usual book-type choice. I expected to not really enjoy this, but the way that the author ended it sold it for me. I totally DID NOT predict the outcome and the story kept me rapt the entire time. This audiobook made for an engrossing, entertaining listen. I'm so glad I moved out of my usual box and gave it shot, I was definitely not sorry!

Thank you NetGalley, Crooked Lane Books and Melanie Golding for providing me with the audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

This was a great story about a girl raised in her families traveling circus and her ability to see how others die.

This was a dark and reflective and the twist at the end was good, a little predictable, but it all wrapped up well!

I really enjoyed this one, I found myself excited to continue to listen to it on my daily walks. I was quite engrossed in the story because it felt so immersive in all the details the author gives. From the cover, I expected this to be a horror type novel, but it was more spooky than anything else.

There was a really great "twist" at the end that I had guessed at the beginning but completely forgot about because the story was so good at hiding it.

Overall, I'd recommend this very unique book!

Creepy and atmospheric. Good characters and interesting story. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.

This was another novel that caught my attention with the book description, but wasn’t totally for me. It took way to long (at least halfway) for me to be really interested, and for the book to get moving. The Sight is extremely slow moving, it was almost painfully slow for me. But again, I was just curious enough to see what was going to happen and continued it.

We have Faith who can see people’s deaths. Forced out of her job at a carnival, she is made to do readings for people wanting to know how they die. Faith doesn’t know when these people will die, she just sees the death. She can guesstimate if it is soon or far off by the way the person appears in the vision. One day she sees one person’s death and that she is the one who killed that person. What are you to do with that kind of information when you see that?!?!

From the setting and tone of the book you would have not thought it took place in present day! Until cell phones and You Tube are mentioned, I thought I was listening to a story that took place in the past. I listened to the audiobook and did like the narration.

The big twist that occurs happens right at the end, which was just too late to really save the story. When it happened, I was a little shocked and had to listen to that chapter again! I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything since I was listening to it for my commute to/from work. If I was interested in having a different perspective knowing the full story now, I might be tempted to read/listen again. And some readers might just do that! And knowing the ending twist does change the beginning half of the book, so it might not be as slow moving with a second read/listen!

Many thanks to the publisher for granting me a copy to listen to and review in my own time.

This was a fun read especially with spooky season coming. I really enjoyed the traveling carnival setting and thought that was different. Faith has a “gift” - if she looks into your eyes she will see your death. This suspense thriller takes you on twists and turns as Faith grapples with her “gift.”

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Melanie Golding for providing me with a complimentary digital audiobook ARC for the Sight. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own.

As a child, Faith acquired the ability to see when and how people would die—a “gift” she neither wanted nor could get rid of.

After foreseeing a family tragedy and being ostracized, Faith learns to control her visions, and returns to perform in her family’s traveling carnival. But when an unruly customer attacks her, she has a vision in full view of a crowd.

She is banned from the carnival she loves—and loses her only source of income to support her dying mother. Desperate to support her mother and with only one friend standing by her, she sees no reason to continue hiding her ability and goes to dangerous lengths to earn money. But when she sees herself in a man’s future death, Faith must face her own fears of her powers and tune into her gift to fight against a future that would ruin her life—and end someone else’s.

This is the first book I’ve listened to by this author. To be honest, I wasn’t a fan. It started off really interesting with the carnival plot and being able to see into the future. But Faith became really insufferable. She seemed to always be right and wouldn’t listen to anyone else. She wanted to get rid of her gift but also wanted to use it on certain people. I didn’t understand her motives. It seemed to be a lot about her trying to save the circus, but she really didn’t seem to do anything but complain. I didn’t get a sense of any effort she made or work she put into it. I’ll check out other books by this author, but this one wasn’t for me.

Reading Between the Wines book review #112/115 for 2023:
Rating: 3 ½ 🍷 🍷 🍷
Book: The Sight
Author: Melanie Golding
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Sipping thoughts: Very interesting concept. If you were able to find out the way you die would you want to? I kind of have 2 thoughts about it. If it is a death that is coming soon, I think it would ruin my life but if it is way in the future then maybe. Either way, I definitely think it would change my life. This is probably how Faith’s family felt when they ostracized her, she predicted a family member’s death. Faith’s gift is definitely a curse and reader’s will see how the “sight” has also made it hard for people to believe she has her head on straight. I was very surprised with the ending and enjoyed the book.

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What a journey!! It was such an unexpectedly spooky story. A travelling circus full of secrets, suspicions and superstitions. When you’re working in a space that is literally do or die, not being trusted can have fatal results. Faith has an ability that is extremely mistrusted within the circus community, the ability to see a persons death scene just by looking in their eyes. It keeps her at the edge of things, with nobody wanting to get too close.
I enjoyed the deterioration of Faiths connections throughout the story. It really helped to put me firmly on her side of her feuds, and had me convinced that she was the one we needed to have placed all out sympathies with. The twist hit me like a bus! I did not see that coming! A really different story from most thrillers I’ve read, and I really enjoyed what I felt was it’s originality.

This book was really difficult to get into. Most of the time I could not keep up with what was going on with the characters or the storyline, perhaps it was me. Lacking. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an audio-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

SPOILER ALERT!

If you have seen the Sixth Sense then you'll see the "big twist" coming from miles away. That said, I enjoy books set in the circus and appreciated the ambiguities in the story - what is real and what is superstition and self-fulfilling prophecy.

This was a DNF for me. The story was quite boring and I didn’t love the narrator. There was a whole lot of nothing happening in the story.

I received this audiobook as an ARC from NetGalley. The narrator's voice made the book unbearable. I DNF. I will try reading it instead.

THE SIGHT by Melanie Golding & narrated by Ella Lynch, is a story of a girl with a gift, but with it comes fear.

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Raised in the circus, Faith has the ability to see a person's death when she looks into their eyes with both of hers. This "gift" is feared by the family and when a stranger forces her to look at him and she sees herself stabbing him, she needs to find out more. Part suspense, part family drama/coming-of-age, Faith's story is a compelling story with a dash of magic.

I was quite taken with Faith and her story. It was a lovely mix of suspense and drama with the magical touch. What was really interesting was the idea of who would want to know the manner of their death and the imagined toll these visions might have on the seer. The side plot of family business, a sick member of that family and the tensions therein also felt real to me.

I loved listening to this in audio form. Lynch captures the various characters well, but embodies Faith so perfectly. I definitely recommend this story in audio!

Thank you to @netgalley and @dreamscape_media for the opportunity to listen and share my thoughts! This story was published Sept. 5th!

Faith born into the unusual world of the carnival is plagued by visions of death. As a young girl Faith inherited a curse where when she looks into someone’s eyes she can see how they will die. Her carnival family treats Faith as a pariah and forbids her to use her gift. But when a friends father becomes ill during their performance Faith looks into his future setting off a chain of unfortunate events. Faith must walk the tightrope her life has now become and make the right decisions or be forced out of the carnival life and left out to fend for herself and her terminal mother.

First off it took me about 40% of the book to really get into it. I wasn’t loving the narrators voice or the plot line of faiths childhood. However after about the 40% of the way into the book it really picked up and I was invested! Although this is a dark mystery it is filled with elements of grief and family trauma. There were several twists right at the end and I was there for them! I would definitely pick up the sequel to this book if there ever ends up being one. I’d love to see Faiths story continue and see how her gifts develop.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this audiobook.

TW/CW
Family trauma
Terminal illnesses
Death

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The Sight is the latest release from Melanie Golding, author of Little Darlings and The Hidden. I enjoyed both of those books so much. I loved the dark atmosphere and eerie sense of dread that permeated both. Because of that, I was really excited to pick this one up. After completing The Sight, I would still consider myself a fan of Golding's writing, but unfortunately, this story just didn't do much for me.

I only have myself to blame. I really didn't do much investigation into this one prior to reading it. I sort of just anticipated a similar feeling story to the earlier works mentioned above, and it was comped to Stranger Things.
Sadly, this didn't feel like those previous works at all, nor did it feel like Stranger Things.

I felt no dread, no urgency, no suspense and no mystery. It felt very general Literary Fiction, which is admittedly, not my cup of tea. I was happy to have a copy of the audiobook, which I did feel was well narrated. Otherwise, it probably would have taken me weeks to get through this.

I can see that there is a solid story here and I think for people who enjoy the feel of a slow-burn Literary Fiction novel, this could be a good fit. Particularly, if you enjoy stories set in a carnival environment. I'm not sure if I have much else to say. I'm sort of at a loss. The story does nothing wrong, it just wasn't what I was looking for, nor what I would generally tend to pick up. My most dominant feeling while reading it was boredom.

In spite of this, I would recommend that everyone who thinks this sounds intriguing, give it a shot. Reading is highly subjective, as we all know, and your experience may be completely different than mine. In fact, you could end up with a new favorite.

I would caution against putting to much stake in the comp to Stranger Things in the synopsis though. I don't see that comparison at all and I think if you go into this wanting that, like I did, you could be disappointed.

Thank you to the publishers, Crooked Lane Books and Dreamscape Media, for providing me with copies to read and review. Regardless of my experience with this one particular story, I look forward to picking up Golding's next release!

Wow! What a book. The Sight is a crazy roller coaster of a ride with twists and turns you just don’t see coming.

I listened to this book while I was working and I found myself sitting there wrapped up in the story, and had to recheck my work more than once.

This is a great story with a varied cast of characters.

Do give this one a a try. Just make sure you have the time to finish it.

I received a copy of this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

I love the carousel horse on the cover of this book. It made me think of a creepy carnival. This book was set in present day, however for some reason my mind kept thinking it was back in the early 1900s. That was until someone would talk about their cell phone and it would snap me back to reality.

I liked the concept of Faith being able to look into someone’s eyes to see how they would die. Would you want to know? If you knew it wouldn’t happen for a long time would you live a more carefree life?

The ending was something that didn’t even cross my mind, so congrats to the author for having me fooled completely!

There seem to be a lot of supernatural themed thrillers lately and this one was good. This audio rendition was really good. The main character is plagued by seeing people’s deaths. It haunts her wherever she goes and gets her into trouble. As a reader, I had empathy for her and admired her tenacity. The narrator did the main character justice and represented her well. The ending was the best part with a completely unexpected twist.

This is now my 3rd Melanie Golding book and I definitely see and appreciate how she creates novels that are almost a mash up of genres - thriller/magical realism/supernatural/family drama.

This one takes place in the circus world and centers on Faith, who can see your death play out when she looks into your eyes. The premise of this was so intriguing and I definitely wanted to keep diving into her story and see where her journey would lead.

Overall, like her previous novels, I enjoyed the audiobook and the narrator and how she brought this world and these characters to life. I think her other two books are a tad more thrilling and fast paced - this is a quieter story which some thrilling elements but ultimately a bit more character driven. I was pleasantly surprised with a reveal at the end that I didn't see coming and that made me rethink some of what I had read.

I will definitely continue to read what Melanie Golding writes - her books don't necessarily blow me away but her plots are always unique and intriguing and keep me interested while I am listening.