3.5 stars.

Very character driven book and was a joy to read about the various characters and their perspectives, goals, fears, etc. I loved (and I mean LOVED) Einstein, Nora, and Travis’ dynamic and I read their passages with a smile on my face; they made me so happy! Overall, the character growth and development is excellent and that part of the book is 5 stars. I have nothing more to say on that; I just simply enjoyed how all the characters were written in Watchers.

However, the plot moved quite slow, in my opinion. A lot of the things built up throughout the book are “resolved” in less than 10 pages when you get to the last stretch of the book and everything kinda wrapped up too nicely. Again, from the point of view of me loving the characters and wanting their happy endings, it was really great. But from a plot point of view, it was basic and dry. Koontz could have executed the plot in many different ways and the book would have been stronger as a whole. I personally thought that some side plots that could have been explored and were interesting turned out to end quite abruptly/easily. All that build up with no pay off. 3/5 stars on plot since it was still a solid slow burn that kept me wanting to read more.