The Watchers Audiobook

" The ancient cathedral of Lausanne (Switzerland) becomes the playground for the eternal fight between good and evil. A crippled, simpleminded belfry watcher, an amnesiac detective, and an American high society call girl are the unwilling and unknowing players in this captivating, thrilling story. You can't stop reading. "

" Hooked so far, cant wait to see what happens with this story. "

" Awesome book! I want there to be a movie. "

" 4 stars within its genre, of course, not in comparison to fine writing like Joseph Roth's Flight Without End. Steele's book is however a fine thriller, lean and restrained in ways that most thrillers are obvious and dumb. His three main plot threads weave toward each other slowly, without Steele's banging us over the head with it, keeping the individual stories interesting even when we don't know how they're going to intersect. And Marc Rochat is one of the finest characterizations I've ever seen in a novel of this sort, inspired perhaps by the Hunchback of Notre Dame: charming, endearing, affecting, both handicapped and immensely gifted. "

" I started listening to The Watchers on audiobook. I would not recommend the audiobook, not because it isn't well done, but because you will find yourself in the car or in public saying "What in the heck is going on?" This book builds slowly offering a ton of backstory and detail about its setting, which is a character in the novel itself. I gave this book three stars because parts of it I loved and parts of it I hated. But I became invested to the point that when I arrived at my destination, I downloaded the ebook and finished it. I hated what happened at the end, but I see why it happened. I will probably pick up the second book in the series when it comes out in summer. "

" 3.5 stars - some of the characters are strongly drawn (Marc) and some are weaker and some very confusing (although that may have been due to my reading too fast to find out what happens.) Other readers have commented that the book starts off slowly, but I didn't find that to be a problem and only added to the end game. "

" The story was fine but remote and the characters lacked resonance. I think I would have liked them better if I had met them on the street than read about them in a book. I guess ultimately I didn't trust the author's writing. There wasn't a lot of feeling in it. "

" I listened to this book while at work. I was deeply disappointed that I didn't get more into it. It seemed confusing and boring in spots too. I probably would have liked it better/more if I had read it instead. "

" Boring and incoherent. A book where you can safely skip the first 300 pages and not miss anything even remotely important. Terribly clicheed. "

" This one had too many diverse elements that I don't like such as fantasy, scifi and time travel to appeal to me. Also its length at almost 600 pages without a cohesive story to draw me in made it a chore rather than a delight to read. "

" I just kept reading and reading till it was done and then I was sad because the story was over and because of the ending. "

" This book took way too long to bring the three characters' narratives together and to have some action. I thought some of the scenes were inappropriately descriptive. I didn't enjoy it. "

" Interesting premise and characters. Made me want to visit Switzerland. "

" I did not expect the emotional attachment I would have to the character of Marc Rochat. "

" Slow to start, great towards the end. "

" Loved the story, would've given more stars but it was SO slow. And I feel that the whole first half of the book had no reason to be there. "

" I would rate this a 3.5, it took until almost halfway through the book before I was emotionally invested. I got lost a little along the way. I did happen to get attached to the main character, Mark. And there were some lovely moments. "

" What an amazing book! I really dig the twist on the Book of Enoch and the eternal battle between good and evil. I highly suggest this book simply because it truly was on of "those" books that I couldn't put down. "