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The Watcher: A dark addictive thriller with the ultimate psychological twist

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La trama es floja, rebuscada y con aires de telefilm de sobremesa. Es muy larga y repetitiva, uno siento que lee y lee y no avanza en nada. This is a great spin on the classic cabin-in-the-woods story, but it brings clever and fresh ideas to proceedings and gleefully refuses to sit on the fence. Many novels would have hedged their bets; are the creatures real, or is it all in the character’s heads? Make no mistake, very early on in The Watchers the reader realises they are very real and the manner in which they were presented is highly unsettling and slightly reminiscent of Josh Malerman’s Birdbox. Koontz, Dean. Watchers, G.P. Putnam's Sons edition, April 1987. Berkley Publishing Group edition, May 1988. p. 17. Evan witnesses the girl being assaulted and verbally abused by her father. He hears the girl's father screaming at her about a photo, Callie's photo. The girl's father is unaware that Evan witnessed this abuse and continues to abuse his daughter. Evan takes off like a shot after witnessing that and gets Chris. They call the police and manage to stop the girl's father from abusing any further. The police arrive and arrest the father, and the girl reveals her name, Margaret.

Shine does a great job of giving this opening section an aloof air. A ‘all is right and no worries’ feeling, as Mina walks along, enjoying the tranquillity of nature. That all changes when she spots a light, is told to run, and her life changes forever after.Callie: They're tired of each other, I guess. You know how you have a favorite doll and you think if you ever lose her you'll die? But then you get a new doll for your birthday or something?

Having finished this novel, there is much I liked about it, but I do feel it will divide readers. Lily is very much an unreliable narrator and we are aware of this from the beginning of the book, as there are disturbing, troubling mentions of events that make us question her judgement and her view on things. However, this is a first person narrative and so we are totally with Lily on her journey. For Lily is a watcher – she says she likes watching birds, but she also likes watching her neighbours and enjoys nothing more than sitting, binoculars in hand, to explore their lives. When Jean is found dead, Lily suspects foul play and sets out to discover what happened and whether her death is linked to posters, fluttering on walls, about a missing student from the same area. I enjoyed everything about this book--the writing, the setting, the characters. Mina was a strong and complex protagonist, and I loved the interactions between her and the others, especially Madeline. One morning, Lily wakes up to the news that a resident of one of the council estates in the area has been found dead at home. What better opportunity to put her nosiness to good use? This has all of the hallmarks of what I love to read and I’m beyond pleased to say that Shine delivers on each element and masterfully, I might add.

I should preface this by mentioning I received an early copy of this book. There were a lot of typos and the odd spelling mistake so it’s likely there were some changes before the final release. Callie: Or Hanukkah. Anyway, so now this new doll is your favorite and you don't care about the old one anymore ad you could even give her away if you had to. The Watcher is based on the true story published in the 2018 New York Magazine article “ The Haunting of a Dream House,” by Reeves Wiedeman.

This all seeing woman seems to know more than she lets on. She’s a strange one and there’s no mistake. That night, while Anna is asleep, he sets up her presents. He wraps some stuff, puts the food in the fridge, and he leaves the big present unwrapped. I often felt like I was seeing things through an odd haze, but couldn't put my finger on why. It just didn't feel normal. To start with I didn't really enjoy the confusion, but I became used to this abstract, unsettled kind of feeling as the novel went on. Without giving too much away, the end of the book makes you realise that almost everything is in this book is included for a reason, and I really liked how, at the end, you realise that a lot of what you thought you knew wasn't quite right! These are often my favourite types of story.To have that dream in your clutches, finally, and then having it blown apart ... I felt for these people.” Theodora Birch (Noma Dumezweni) is a fictionalized version of the private investigator that the Broadduses hired. The Watcher. Noma Dumezweni as Theodora Birch in episode 107 of The Watcher. Netflix As in the show's ending, 'The Watcher' never got caught and the mystery never was solved And that is the brilliance of this novel; you never really know. Both sides have a story to tell. The majority of the book is told by Martin and he’s quite the unreliable narrator. It's difficult to know exactly what to say about this book. As an author, James Howe is frequently in prime position on the literary vanguard, trying daring new things and writing books that are uniquely built to very unexpected endings. In this, his first bona fide young adult novel, we are given something like a cross between authors Kevin Henkes and Robert Cormier, a combination that I never expected to ever see. This book was provided to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.**

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