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The Watchers by A.M. Shine

13 reviews

hauntedantiqueshop's review

dark 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? No

3.75

I didn’t expect to like this as much as I did! The ending definitely wasn’t what I wanted but it is what it is. Can’t wait to see the movie based on this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Child abuse

killmoore_'s review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this far more than I was expecting to, despite figuring out the big twist early on. It was well written, genuinely spooky at times (had me looking out my dark window multiple times, lol) and the characters were well flushed out. 

It read like an M. Night Shyamalan movie, so I'm excited to see the film when it comes out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Death

agustdefault's review

medium-paced

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

4.0

there are a few plotholes that don’t get resolved but i absolutely loved this!! ive seen some criticism on the pacing but i had no trouble with it at all and never found myself bored. read it in two sittings and absolutely flew through the last 50ish pages. and maybe im just an idiot but the plot twist had me Gagged

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Stalking

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse

annaonthepage's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this, it was odd and unnerving enough to keep me engaged despite the writing style being slightly overwrought for my taste. It went in a direction I didn't expect at all. I found the denouement a little bit slow but the ending was quite unsettling. Unsure the reveal of infrastructure behind the mystery holds up to much scrutiny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Minor: Violence

The violence is described as quite intense but happens off-page so feels much more minor as a reader. The gaslighting is only really revealed as such towards the end, so to explain that spoils the twist, but again it's nothing too intense as a reader experience, just very evident when you're told the twist.

sonygaystation's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was so much fun omg. I loved the concept and it was so perfectly eerie. The pacing could’ve maaaybe been a little better but it didn’t really detract from my enjoyment at all. The ending left me wanting for a lot more though 😭 I’m so glad the yellow one existed in this universe, it was the sweetest touch and made me happy in moments that were really tense 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Stalking, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer

heartofhorrors's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Violence, and Alcohol

midnightrose_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Stalking, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Alcoholism

ishouldreadthat's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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I have been pondering picking up The Watchers for awhile - it catches my eye every time I go into a bookstore and see the gorgeous red edges. As a horror fan, I love a claustrophobic tale filled with tension and terror, and The Watchers fits the bill. Although I had some issues getting into the book at the start (it is written in a much more literary style than I am used to when it comes to horror books) and have some serious questions about the mechanics of the ending, it's a book that I really enjoyed.

Read this if you like: 
-Literary horror
-Claustrophobic and intense books
-Irish folklore
-More twists and turns than a country road (please stay off the country roads)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Body horror

leveledmouse's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Confinement, and Stalking