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The Watchers by A.M. Shine

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leveledmouse's review against another edition

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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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ghoul_girl's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

If you love folklore and slow burn horror, I cannot recommend this enough. Go into this book blind and let the story take you. By the last page, I had full body chills and will definitely be staying in the light.

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mangosunscreen's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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queergoth_reads's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was very intrigued by the book. I am always looking for new horror authors and this sounded really interesting. Unfortunately I found it a bit meandering. Often the tension would build and build just to fizzle out. It was pretty frustrating. I wish the middle had been a bit longer and a bit more tense. The ending was pretty cool though.

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xx_coco's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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

5.0

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lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Well this surprised me. At first I found it very hard to get into and a little on the slow side, but it hit a certain point where that very quickly went to the other extreme and I was really enjoying it. But as it was seemingly resolving and the action was slowing down, there was still half the book left. Like just as you were getting ready for it to end there was a whoops jk here's a completely new section of plot. It wasn't a bad thing, I did really enjoy the second half and all the twists, it just felt a little odd to me. Again, not really a criticism, just a thing I noticed :)

One other thing is that I would've liked a little more spooky atmosphere from the forest itself, but that's just a person thing.

Overall it was a pretty great book with a really cool concept

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madarauchiha's review against another edition

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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

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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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