Our Review, by LITERAL ADDICTION's Pack Alpha - Michelle L. Olson:
*Complimentary copy received in exchange for an honest review

The Watcher is a deep psychological thriller with mind numbing twists and turns, reminiscent of the good 80's style psycho-horrors where nothing is quite as frightening as the human mind.

I honestly wasn't sure if I would be able to read this book to completion. The Event that takes place at the beginning that sets up the rest of the story is utterly and completely disturbing and I literally had to take a break from the book after reading it to let it settle.

Once I got back to the tale though, it was a steady influx of madness and paranoia, mystery and intrigue, and had me wondering over and over again who the hero and villain really were, or if there were actually any at all!

It's definitely a tale that will have your mind working overtime to try and figure out what's really going on, and even when it's all said and done, if you're like me, you still won't be sure what exactly happened, which all leads to the beauty of the doubt that Charles Maclean weaves into his story.

While not the best horror/thriller I've read recently, it was solid and compelling, and I'm glad I had the chance to read it.

LITERAL ADDICTION gives The Watcher 3 1/2 Skulls. ( )

Martin Gregory rentre chez lui par le train de 16 h 48. Cadre moyen, marié, sans enfants, mais avec deux chiens qu'il adore, c'est un banlieusard que rien ne distingue de quelques millions d'autres banlieusards. Jusqu'au jour où il commet un acte sanglant, inexplicable, inexcusable, inexpiable. Tout le monde est surpris, indigné, affolé. A commencé par sa femme. Et par lui. L'analyse à laqelle il accepte de se soumettre dévoilera petit à petit que Martin Gregory n'est pas l'être qu'il croyait être. Son geste a indiscablement été commis sous l'empire d'un dédoublement de sa personnalité. Mais s'il se révélait que Martin Gregory n'avait pas deux personnalités, mais trois, cinq, sept ?
Et si, en plus, il se croyait investi d'une mission salvatrice ? ( )

Vor Jahren in Englisch und jetzt in Deutsch. Und beide Male hat es mich gepackt. Blutige Tat, Psychiater, Regressionstherapie, erschreckende Erinnerungen an frühere Leben... und das Ganze gut und vorallem spannend geschrieben. Solche Bücher sind's, die bei mir bis drei Uhr früh das Licht brennen lassen. ( )

Vor Jahren in Englisch und jetzt in Deutsch. Und beide Male hat es mich gepackt. Blutige Tat, Psychiater, Regressionstherapie, erschreckende Erinnerungen an frühere Leben... und das Ganze gut und vorallem spannend geschrieben. Solche Bücher sind's, die bei mir bis drei Uhr früh das Licht brennen lassen. ( )