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Night Watcher by Daphne Woolsoncroft
2.0
medium-paced

Even though I am not into the serial killer sub-genre anymore, I saw so many great reviews about this one that I thought it might be unique. So that's kind of a me issue in my book. But at the same time, if it would have felt fresh then I probably would have enjoyed it more. So take that how you will. 

I'm not usually one to notice writing styles. It clicks with me or doesn't, and I typically can't put the reasons into words. This book specifically felt like someone consulted a thesaurus to find word substitutions. And it reminded me of when I tried making papers longer in school by adding clunky obvious descriptions. 

 A lot of people love this one in my circles of thriller readers, so take my review with a grain of salt.  A lot of friends thought it was super creepy and exciting. Hopefully you all love it!