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The Watchers by A.M. Shine

5 reviews

pg59_'s review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

ilaxaria's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Stalking, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

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

leonleoff's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is glorious. I would go as far as to say it was one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read. I was originally going to give it 4 stars, the “twist” was predictable but the ending was incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Death

Minor: Vomit

madarauchiha's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

 ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜  my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 💜 💙 💚 💛 🧡 ❤️

The writing was lovely but a bit sparse, which I think works for the theme. I thought the characters were decently fleshed out for a horror story. A lot of times newer authors will simply make placeholders to kill off for shock value or sympathy points.

I did appreciate how

all the male characters died. Thank you for the self awareness about horror tropes.

I think this was refreshing to see in a horror novel.

I can't say I appreciated the ending. It disrupted the pacing and I thought it was abrupt in a good way, but perhaps not well executed. In a way that's kinda the whole book. It feels unintentionally off balance. There's plenty mystery about the main location, their daily life, but the how's and why's of the 'antagonist' is barely touched upon. I wish there was a little more information on the

faerie, monsters, changeling, whatever the hell was the creatures and WHY they were bound there and what was the doorway?

I finished the book thinking this was a duology or series, but I didn't notice such a thing mentioned. 

I wouldn't mind reading whatever the author publishes next. They are skilled enough to put together a cohesive story with an interesting, fairly unique folk tale twist.

content warnings
minor suicide, vomit, death

medium disordered eating themes?, alcohol use, addiction, death

major child abuse, body horror, abuse, unreality, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Death, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit and Suicide