Reviews

The Watchers by A.M. Shine

saldelmaz's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

kay_reads_books6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ok I wasn't 100% sure on this one at first but now I can say I thoroughly enjoyed it!

It started off strong and then felt meh at times. But by the 60% mark, it really picked up. I did figure out the twist but this is more of a physiological horror book, not a thriller.

I'm leaving this a non spoiler review, which I prefer to do for horror and thrillers. Spoilers really ruin the purpose and twists for those books, in my opinion. 

I'm curious to see the movie in a couple months, I see how they play out the book. I can honestly picture this well on the big screen, and I'm glad they got Dakota Fanning to play Mina!

mleemargaret's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

audklem's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

bugsnbodyhorror's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

jess_24's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

lebook's review

slow-paced

3.0

paperpages's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

plathheart84's review against another edition

1.0

Ugh. This book was a slog considering it's so short. The premise of being stuck in the woods and surrounded by creepy creatures was intriguing but it soon wore thin for me. 

I still wanted to know what was going on so I persevered and that twist has to be the worst thing I've read in ages. It just made absolutely zero logical sense and the ending was like some desperate need to claw back the fear that evaporated from the story. 

It just felt very pointless and unfleshed out. Really really did not enjoy this. Wish I had dnf'd. The amount of filler in these pages is ridiculous. It definitely could've been cut drastically.

mrsouterspace's review against another edition

5.0

I read this in anticipation of the movie being released later this year and I was not disappointed.
Absolutely gripping story! Even if you think you guessed the ending, no you didn’t. That last sentence?! I’m amazed.