The Watchers
a spine-chilling Gothic horror novel now adapted into a major motion picture
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4.1 • 144 Ratings
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Publisher Description
PREORDER A.M. SHINE'S TERRIFYING NEW HORROR NOVEL GRACE NOW!
The spine-chilling, bestselling debut horror novel from A.M. Shine. Now adapted into a major motion picture produced by M. Night Shyamalan.
You can't see them. But they can see you.
This forest isn't charted on any map of Ireland. Every car breaks down at its treeline, and Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced to enter the dark and desolate woods. She discovers a woman shouting, urging her to run.
Mina reaches a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams.
The nightmare is only just beginning.
Mina finds herself trapped in a room with a wall of glass and an electric light that comes on at nightfall. Terrible things happen to anyone who doesn't reach the bunker in time, for night is when strange and sinister creatures emerge to observe their captive humans.
They are watching your every move...
Afraid and trapped among strangers, Mina is desperate for answers. Who are the Watchers, and why are they keeping humans imprisoned, so keen to watch their every move?
'A dark, claustrophobic read' T. Kingfisher
'An intimate glimpse into the fraying psyches, the constant hunger, the paranoia, the loss of hope, and far worse... For fans of Kealan Patrick Burke, Josh Malerman, and Scott Smith' A.E. Siraki, Booklist
'Nail-biting and creeping' Grimdark Magazine
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When a struggling artist takes an easy side hustle making deliveries, she’s hardly thinking about monsters in an Irish forest—that is, until she has to. In A.M. Shine’s gothic horror story, when Mina’s car breaks down on the edge of the Galway woods and a disembodied voice screams at her, that’s all it takes for her to get caught up with three strangers in a terrorizing spiral with no escape in sight. Imprisoned in a claustrophobic concrete bunker, they can’t see the nocturnal monsters who are stalking their hiding place. But Mina and the others can hear their bloodcurdling shrieks, becoming more desperate, hopeless, and paranoid night after horrifying night. Rooted in Irish culture and mythology, this is a story that reels you in, scaring you over and over until its chilling, twisty end.
Customer Reviews
Good story, bad dialogue
The story is pretty good until you get to the end. The end isn’t bad, just predictable and flat for a cliffhanger. Take out the ending, and it’s ready for the big screen. The main issue is the dialogue. The way these people talk to each other seems so contrived. At times I can read through it, but other times I’m left wondering if they’re all people or things pretending to be people. Also, can we have a conversation people who think that everything is out to get them? There’s not an intimate object in this book that isn’t actively trying to kill Mina and the gang. Also, we need a better name than yellow one or golden one.
But the story is nice and simple. The twist is satisfying. Good bye.
Horrible!
Seriously, it’s perfect that M. Night’s daughter is directing the film version of this, because this book has all the shallow hallmarks of his recent fare, including the most eye-rolling ending. And if I ever have to read the term “the yellow one” again, I’ll go mad.
It’s not worth it. I’m deleting it from my library so I don’t have to remember it. Skip!!