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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
TLDR - a fun ride for those who are entry-level horror enjoyers, enjoy millennial sitcomy humor, and can empathize with a 20-something year old woman consumed with daddy issues (this is not an observation but a foundational part of the story and character that is articulated at length). Alas, I am not one of you.
Overall, it just wasn’t for me. For the most part, the humor—which was not an insignificant portion of the characters and characterizations—was a big miss. And worse, the horror never quite reached me. I think if you’re someone who engages with horror content semi-regularly, WTWCH will be about as horrifying as Ghost Files.
Not to say it wasn’t creative, because it certainly was, and that’s one of the book’s strongest points along with the pacing. However, that creativity tended to lend itself to the absurd which further undermined the horror elements.
I must also agree with many of the other reviews in saying that the ending left a great deal to be desired as it felt neither surprising nor earned. More for shock value than anything.
All in all, it served its purpose as a somewhat allegory, but because everything was treated haphazardly—things’ only use being whatever they could do to serve the MC (who, in addition to having a tedious sense of humor and daddy issues, constantly makes awful, reckless decisions that destroy other peoples’ lives), then once the use has been beaten out of them be discarded (much like that poor, dead little boy )—very little of the plot felt like it held weight or real impact.
Overall, it just wasn’t for me. For the most part, the humor—which was not an insignificant portion of the characters and characterizations—was a big miss. And worse, the horror never quite reached me. I think if you’re someone who engages with horror content semi-regularly, WTWCH will be about as horrifying as Ghost Files.
Not to say it wasn’t creative, because it certainly was, and that’s one of the book’s strongest points along with the pacing. However, that creativity tended to lend itself to the absurd which further undermined the horror elements.
I must also agree with many of the other reviews in saying that the ending left a great deal to be desired as it felt neither surprising nor earned. More for shock value than anything.
All in all, it served its purpose as a somewhat allegory, but because everything was treated haphazardly—things’ only use being whatever they could do to serve the MC (who, in addition to having a tedious sense of humor and daddy issues, constantly makes awful, reckless decisions that destroy other peoples’ lives), then once the use has been beaten out of them be discarded (
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was crazy I don’t even know how someone could come up with some of the wacky shit included. I enjoyed many aspects of this book, especially the fact that no gory detail is held back. It makes it 10x more jarring knowing that a kid is involved. I think I would’ve rated the book higher had the ending been better. I was hoping the kid would live and ending it with Jess having the same powers was crazy. It doesn’t feel realistic that the boy actually believed that Jess was just like him in that sense. Especially because he believes that everything that’s happening is his doing soooo that didn’t make sense to me.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes