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The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night
House of Leaves meets David Lynch in a surreal horror novel exploring generational trauma and the monsters it breeds, from Joshua Chaplinsky, cult author of Letters to the Purple Satin Killer.
The lives of three unlikely women unfold to reveal a shared history of neglect and abuse. At the center looms the Vogel House, a facade of rotten wood and sagging eaves that plays host to a parasitic dream—the malevolent entity known as The Man in the Watch.
After spending the night in an abandoned house, Jenna Thomas returns home haunted by someone else’s past. She revisits the scene in the hopes of exorcising her dreams, only to uncover something far worse. Mrs. Vogel receives an unexpected letter from her estranged daughter. It fills the old woman with hope for the future, even though her daughter is long since dead. Meanwhile, a young woman contends with the legacy of her father while simultaneously fighting for the future of her unborn child.
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night thrusts readers into a nightmarish dead zone of overlapping realities, presided over by a malignant force that manipulates memory and delights in human suffering.
The lives of three unlikely women unfold to reveal a shared history of neglect and abuse. At the center looms the Vogel House, a facade of rotten wood and sagging eaves that plays host to a parasitic dream—the malevolent entity known as The Man in the Watch.
After spending the night in an abandoned house, Jenna Thomas returns home haunted by someone else’s past. She revisits the scene in the hopes of exorcising her dreams, only to uncover something far worse. Mrs. Vogel receives an unexpected letter from her estranged daughter. It fills the old woman with hope for the future, even though her daughter is long since dead. Meanwhile, a young woman contends with the legacy of her father while simultaneously fighting for the future of her unborn child.
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night thrusts readers into a nightmarish dead zone of overlapping realities, presided over by a malignant force that manipulates memory and delights in human suffering.
276 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 22, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night is a Surreal Horror novel that kept my brains whirring like the inside of a watch; one in desperate need of service.
I was instantly attracted to this novel based on the title. The title alone is creepy to me. What do you mean the man in the watch is visiting you at night? That doesn't sound healthy.
This story follows three women, Jenna, Nancy and Mrs. Vogel, but they're not the only perspectives we get to read from. This is a story centering on some very heavy topics, such as abuse and neglect.
The majority of it is set at the Vogel House, which is your typical haunted house at the edge of town, or is it? The Vogel House is a character unto itself. With the perspectives constantly shifting, the Readers sense of time can become muddled quickly. I felt uneasy. It was great!
I could see this being described as a fever dream, but too me, it's not really. I don't tend to enjoy fever dream narratives, because I hate not knowing what's going on.
In this story, whichever perspective I was in, whether it was Jenna, or Mrs. Vogel, or Brian, etc., I always could understand what was happening to them, and what they were experiencing and feeling. To me, where the dream-like quality comes from is the time portion.
It was unsettling in such a compelling way. I was never frustrated with it, or wanting to give up. I just had to know how all of these perspectives were connected.
Chaplinsky's writing is incredible. It's so not the type of Horror writing I tend to gravitate towards, but oh man, he captured my attention and never let up.
I had to use my whole brain, the whole time. I was so invested. I think I know what happened, but do I really?
It's heavy. It's a mindf*ck of a book. It's a 5-star.
Thank you to the publisher, CLASH Books for providing me with a copy to read and review. Sometimes stepping outside of your comfort zone is a beautiful thing, and this is one of those times.
I'm looking forward to more from Joshua Chaplinsky!
I was instantly attracted to this novel based on the title. The title alone is creepy to me. What do you mean the man in the watch is visiting you at night? That doesn't sound healthy.
This story follows three women, Jenna, Nancy and Mrs. Vogel, but they're not the only perspectives we get to read from. This is a story centering on some very heavy topics, such as abuse and neglect.
The majority of it is set at the Vogel House, which is your typical haunted house at the edge of town, or is it? The Vogel House is a character unto itself. With the perspectives constantly shifting, the Readers sense of time can become muddled quickly. I felt uneasy. It was great!
I could see this being described as a fever dream, but too me, it's not really. I don't tend to enjoy fever dream narratives, because I hate not knowing what's going on.
In this story, whichever perspective I was in, whether it was Jenna, or Mrs. Vogel, or Brian, etc., I always could understand what was happening to them, and what they were experiencing and feeling. To me, where the dream-like quality comes from is the time portion.
It was unsettling in such a compelling way. I was never frustrated with it, or wanting to give up. I just had to know how all of these perspectives were connected.
Chaplinsky's writing is incredible. It's so not the type of Horror writing I tend to gravitate towards, but oh man, he captured my attention and never let up.
I had to use my whole brain, the whole time. I was so invested. I think I know what happened, but do I really?
It's heavy. It's a mindf*ck of a book. It's a 5-star.
Thank you to the publisher, CLASH Books for providing me with a copy to read and review. Sometimes stepping outside of your comfort zone is a beautiful thing, and this is one of those times.
I'm looking forward to more from Joshua Chaplinsky!
October 7, 2026
This book is really nothing like House of Leaves except in a very superficial way. The Lynch comparison is more appropriate, but after the halfway point, it becomes the one thing a David Lynch film never is: boring. Imagine the Winky's Diner conversation scene in Mulholland Drive, but less unsettling and repeated for the movie's entire runtime, and you might understand my tedious reading experience of the majority of this book.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
It's rare that I feel completely lost on how to review a book, but I am here. The way the story is structured reveals itself in such an interesting way; things tie together so well that the reader should go in as blind as possible. I've seen this described as House Of Leaves meets David Lynch – there are elements of the former, although with much fewer formatting tricks, and there's a LOT of the latter. If that sounds like the book is for you, I'd stop reading now and go and pick it up. I won't touch on major plot spoilers, per se, but you will probably have a better time not knowing even as little as I'll talk about.
Chaplinsky says that this book was written, in various forms, over 15 years. It's very believable – alternating perspectives over a long period of time, different characters, and an ever-shifting reality can be difficult for any author, but everything is tethered together well. It's confusing, but there is a through line, and I found taking a few notes helped. It definitely wasn't a narrative that was too difficult to understand, and the sense of mystery added to the experience. Moments where something clicked or a hefty reveal was dropped into place were not only entertaining but also rewarding for the reader.
Apparently inspired by a deleted scene from Inland Empire, thematically this feels much more in line with Twin Peaks – sans whimsy – and especially Fire Walk With Me. Cycles of abuse, pregnancy, miscarriage fear, and familial secrets are all present here. Perhaps not too explicit, but a lot of the implications are heavy, something for certain readers to keep in mind before digging in.
Starting with Part 3, Chaplinsky heads every chapter with this and the main character of that era's name, which helps massively in keeping track of when and where you are. Reality shifts within the pages, and not everything feels real or constricted to its time, but it does work well to ground you. The book takes place in the Vogel house, alternatingly a family home and an abandoned place teens go to drink and hook up, with the narrative focusing on the evolution – and what might linger inside – of the building. There are supernatural aspects, and the surrealism makes it a disorientating experience. I was hooked the entire way through.
A really high 4* rating for me. I don't want to say much more, because I'd hate to deprive anybody of the experience I enjoyed so much, but if anything I've said so far has piqued your interest, then I highly recommend giving it a try.
Chaplinsky says that this book was written, in various forms, over 15 years. It's very believable – alternating perspectives over a long period of time, different characters, and an ever-shifting reality can be difficult for any author, but everything is tethered together well. It's confusing, but there is a through line, and I found taking a few notes helped. It definitely wasn't a narrative that was too difficult to understand, and the sense of mystery added to the experience. Moments where something clicked or a hefty reveal was dropped into place were not only entertaining but also rewarding for the reader.
Apparently inspired by a deleted scene from Inland Empire, thematically this feels much more in line with Twin Peaks – sans whimsy – and especially Fire Walk With Me. Cycles of abuse, pregnancy, miscarriage fear, and familial secrets are all present here. Perhaps not too explicit, but a lot of the implications are heavy, something for certain readers to keep in mind before digging in.
Starting with Part 3, Chaplinsky heads every chapter with this and the main character of that era's name, which helps massively in keeping track of when and where you are. Reality shifts within the pages, and not everything feels real or constricted to its time, but it does work well to ground you. The book takes place in the Vogel house, alternatingly a family home and an abandoned place teens go to drink and hook up, with the narrative focusing on the evolution – and what might linger inside – of the building. There are supernatural aspects, and the surrealism makes it a disorientating experience. I was hooked the entire way through.
A really high 4* rating for me. I don't want to say much more, because I'd hate to deprive anybody of the experience I enjoyed so much, but if anything I've said so far has piqued your interest, then I highly recommend giving it a try.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
This is a disorienting and dreamlike/nightmarish story told via multiple characters and timelines. I recommend it if you are looking for something immersive and unsettling!
Thank you to Clash Books for providing me with an ARC.
Thank you to Clash Books for providing me with an ARC.
October 16, 2026
This is a seriously strange horror novel that feels like being trapped inside a nightmare you can’t quite understand. The story revolves around the creepy, abandoned Vogel House, where Jenna and several other women become connected through disturbing memories, fractured timelines, and a sinister presence known as the Man in the Watch. The book blurs the boundaries between past and present, dreams and waking life, and one character's story and another's.
The nonlinear storytelling can be confusing, especially in the beginning, and some of the characters could have been developed more deeply. However, as the different storylines begin to connect, the book becomes increasingly compelling.
Overall, this is an ambitious, surreal, and genuinely creepy read. It explores the themes of generational trauma, abuse, grief, and the way painful experiences continue to haunt people long after the original events. It won’t be for everyone, particularly readers who prefer straightforward plots, but fans of strange, psychological, and experimental horror should find plenty to appreciate.
The nonlinear storytelling can be confusing, especially in the beginning, and some of the characters could have been developed more deeply. However, as the different storylines begin to connect, the book becomes increasingly compelling.
Overall, this is an ambitious, surreal, and genuinely creepy read. It explores the themes of generational trauma, abuse, grief, and the way painful experiences continue to haunt people long after the original events. It won’t be for everyone, particularly readers who prefer straightforward plots, but fans of strange, psychological, and experimental horror should find plenty to appreciate.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This phenomenal book is marketed as the Lynchian version of "House of Leaves", though I find that the emphasis should be far more on David Lynch's influence than on Danielewski's opus. In fact, I'd consider it closer to the truth if one skipped mentioning HoL entirely, going for a "David Lynch does a haunted house story"-type of gimmick: more people are bound to have seen a Lynch film and immediately recognize the influence, than having read HoL in its entirety and get the structural similarities and subtle nods to it. Perhaps a reference to the Backrooms might be more topical, since the architectural complications of the haunted house figuring centrally in the story (the "Vogel House"), bring to mind most often the convoluted designs of that popular multi-level maze, and only rarely the metafictional and epistolary format of HoL.
Either way, I guess that, on account of the sheer intelligence of the writing and the highly demanding plotting devices, some people will call the book "literary" or "high-concept horror", others just "repetitive", "bizarre", and "confusing", and others still may find it "literary because it's actually so bizarre and confusing"! Indeed, even the premise is difficult to parse, let alone formulate on one's own while reading the book (unless one takes a sneak peek at the synopsis). I personally had to backtrack many times in order to finally feel certain I had a good grasp of what was going on (and that's just in the first half of the book). And what's really going on is cleverly hidden behind a multi-layered narrative of three women of different ages and times trying to achieve existential balance between abuse and loss.
The author attempts to bridge simultaneously three (or is it four? five?) spatiotemporal gaps: a teenage girl visits the Vogel House today, along with her unreliable boyfriend (of sorts); Mrs Vogel tries to make her own way in the same house, decades earlier, while her abusive husband makes it difficult for her to accept the loss of her estranged, pregnant daughter; and a young pregnant woman at some undefined point in time tries to deal with the trauma of domestic sexual abuse. (There’s also the teenage girl's mum, who's pregnant; and another teenage girl gets involved at some point; and a little girl occassionally jumps around all over the place, for reasons to be revealed very late in the story). Each thread becomes a dream (or a nightmare) for the others, each tale bleeding into the others without warning or apology. Central place in all three has a certain letter, sent by a pregnant daughter to her mother. Within we learn of "The Man in the Watch", who seems to haunt all three women, in wholly different ways for each.
The author spent more than ten years on the book, and, trust me, it shows. The imagery is weird, creepy and disturbing, yet it is conveyed with such care and elegance, it sticks to the mind for a long time. The writing is superb, easier to digest than HoL yet far more difficult to dissect when it comes to what grounds the interplay of the different stories: is the house haunted or possessed? Is the Man in the Watch an allegory for generational trauma? Is he even real? If so, what does he want? I myself am still thinking about the answers to these questions. I'm not even sure they are to be found in the book. David Lynch's films certainly come to mind.
There's plenty of horror within these pages, indeed horror of many different kinds. Supernatural attacks aside, there's also sexual assault; psychological and physical abuse; mental claustrophobia; pregnancy issues, and horrifying moral dilemmas as well.
People who love surrealism and multi-faceted storytelling will connect easily with the author's style and appreciate the many fronts the story is operating on. I eagerly recommend it!
Either way, I guess that, on account of the sheer intelligence of the writing and the highly demanding plotting devices, some people will call the book "literary" or "high-concept horror", others just "repetitive", "bizarre", and "confusing", and others still may find it "literary because it's actually so bizarre and confusing"! Indeed, even the premise is difficult to parse, let alone formulate on one's own while reading the book (unless one takes a sneak peek at the synopsis). I personally had to backtrack many times in order to finally feel certain I had a good grasp of what was going on (and that's just in the first half of the book). And what's really going on is cleverly hidden behind a multi-layered narrative of three women of different ages and times trying to achieve existential balance between abuse and loss.
The author attempts to bridge simultaneously three (or is it four? five?) spatiotemporal gaps: a teenage girl visits the Vogel House today, along with her unreliable boyfriend (of sorts); Mrs Vogel tries to make her own way in the same house, decades earlier, while her abusive husband makes it difficult for her to accept the loss of her estranged, pregnant daughter; and a young pregnant woman at some undefined point in time tries to deal with the trauma of domestic sexual abuse. (There’s also the teenage girl's mum, who's pregnant; and another teenage girl gets involved at some point; and a little girl occassionally jumps around all over the place, for reasons to be revealed very late in the story). Each thread becomes a dream (or a nightmare) for the others, each tale bleeding into the others without warning or apology. Central place in all three has a certain letter, sent by a pregnant daughter to her mother. Within we learn of "The Man in the Watch", who seems to haunt all three women, in wholly different ways for each.
The author spent more than ten years on the book, and, trust me, it shows. The imagery is weird, creepy and disturbing, yet it is conveyed with such care and elegance, it sticks to the mind for a long time. The writing is superb, easier to digest than HoL yet far more difficult to dissect when it comes to what grounds the interplay of the different stories: is the house haunted or possessed? Is the Man in the Watch an allegory for generational trauma? Is he even real? If so, what does he want? I myself am still thinking about the answers to these questions. I'm not even sure they are to be found in the book. David Lynch's films certainly come to mind.
There's plenty of horror within these pages, indeed horror of many different kinds. Supernatural attacks aside, there's also sexual assault; psychological and physical abuse; mental claustrophobia; pregnancy issues, and horrifying moral dilemmas as well.
People who love surrealism and multi-faceted storytelling will connect easily with the author's style and appreciate the many fronts the story is operating on. I eagerly recommend it!
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Oh man does this book really work your brain, especially if you're reading it in digital format. It's a haunted house (origin?) story that is told out of order across three main overlapping timelines. It starts off kind of chill as it sets everything up but whoa nelly when the weird stuff starts creeping in and everyone starts realizing that nothing is what it seems inside the Vogel House.
If you grew up in the 80's and 90's like I did, there really wasn't a whole heck of a lot of adult supervision and you were kind of left to your own devices when it came to keeping yourself occupied. On more than one ocassion, my friends and I may have let ourselves in to new homes that were still mid-construction or homes and hotels that were decrepid and abandoned for a change of scenery. Never to vandalize or steal... just to hang. Reading this book brought those memories back full force and had me wondering, what if one of the places I snuck into decided not to allow us to sneak back out? What if I got stuck in there, in an endless fear-inducing loop of attempting to escape...
Joshua Chaplinsky's The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night is what you would get if House of Leaves, Monster House, Backrooms, and Groundhogs Day all hooked up and had a freaky ass little baby. Unlike anything you've read before, but also so eerily familiar, and I'm not shamed to say that I enjoyed every second of it.
If you grew up in the 80's and 90's like I did, there really wasn't a whole heck of a lot of adult supervision and you were kind of left to your own devices when it came to keeping yourself occupied. On more than one ocassion, my friends and I may have let ourselves in to new homes that were still mid-construction or homes and hotels that were decrepid and abandoned for a change of scenery. Never to vandalize or steal... just to hang. Reading this book brought those memories back full force and had me wondering, what if one of the places I snuck into decided not to allow us to sneak back out? What if I got stuck in there, in an endless fear-inducing loop of attempting to escape...
Joshua Chaplinsky's The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night is what you would get if House of Leaves, Monster House, Backrooms, and Groundhogs Day all hooked up and had a freaky ass little baby. Unlike anything you've read before, but also so eerily familiar, and I'm not shamed to say that I enjoyed every second of it.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
This book was actually annoying. Varying between almost interesting to downright confusing. The desperate attempt at being House of Leaves with family trauma was not as impactful as it should have been. When the plot reveal was clear from the beginning (those subtle family hints), and all the layers of characters and timelines trapped in this mysterious house ended up pumping out a useless amount of recycled information and endless streams of sentences that were just not necessary. It felt like empty and glorified trauma dumping with little feeling and direction.
I received an early readers copy from Netgalley.
This book publishes September 22, 2026.
I received an early readers copy from Netgalley.
This book publishes September 22, 2026.
May 5, 2026
**E-Arc kindly provided by NetGalley & publisher in exchange for an honest review**
This is a brilliant piece of high-concept horror that delivers exactly what it promises: a blend of the uncanny bizarreness of David Lynch with the twisting unconventional narrative of House of Leaves.
We start out with a fairly straightforward premise: a teen-age girl and her boyfriend breaking into a creepy abandoned house. But the story rapidly twists throughout space and time, jumping between different narratives and slowly cycling into complete and utter weirdness. The novel is rooted in its main character Jenna, a victim of sexual assault by which she falls pregnant, and it’s this theme of assault and a loss of bodily autonomy that pervades each storyline of the novel, from splitting personalities to time loops to an endlessly narrowing, suffocating house. It’s this that anchors the novel and keeps it from drifting off into the territory of incomprehensible & bizarre (which it skirts with several times).
This story lived in the author’s head for 15 years, which must have been exhausting- it’s lived in mine for 4 days and that is more than enough for me. It’s definitely not a light or easy read and requires a solid amount of brain power to comprehend; I think I understood probably about 60% of it. But I had a damn good time! I’m excited to check out some of this author’s other work now.
Bonus: extra stars for the room of Orifices. (Read and find out!)
This is a brilliant piece of high-concept horror that delivers exactly what it promises: a blend of the uncanny bizarreness of David Lynch with the twisting unconventional narrative of House of Leaves.
We start out with a fairly straightforward premise: a teen-age girl and her boyfriend breaking into a creepy abandoned house. But the story rapidly twists throughout space and time, jumping between different narratives and slowly cycling into complete and utter weirdness. The novel is rooted in its main character Jenna, a victim of sexual assault by which she falls pregnant, and it’s this theme of assault and a loss of bodily autonomy that pervades each storyline of the novel, from splitting personalities to time loops to an endlessly narrowing, suffocating house. It’s this that anchors the novel and keeps it from drifting off into the territory of incomprehensible & bizarre (which it skirts with several times).
This story lived in the author’s head for 15 years, which must have been exhausting- it’s lived in mine for 4 days and that is more than enough for me. It’s definitely not a light or easy read and requires a solid amount of brain power to comprehend; I think I understood probably about 60% of it. But I had a damn good time! I’m excited to check out some of this author’s other work now.
Bonus: extra stars for the room of Orifices. (Read and find out!)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 5, 2026
Thank you to the author for providing a review copy.
This book is touted as a mashup of House of Leaves (which I hate) and David Lynch (whom I love). I didn't get HoL vibes, because this book is 100% less pretentious. But I definitely got the Lynch, especially because I'm not sure I totally got the ending, but the journey was worth it. 3.75 stars
This book is touted as a mashup of House of Leaves (which I hate) and David Lynch (whom I love). I didn't get HoL vibes, because this book is 100% less pretentious. But I definitely got the Lynch, especially because I'm not sure I totally got the ending, but the journey was worth it. 3.75 stars
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Thank you to Clash Books and the author for the advanced reader copy of this new psychological horror. This was so good! This is being advertised as David Lynch meets House of Leaves. I would say yes, but without the gimmicky writing (I am sorry but Danielewski loves a gimmick). Add in some We Used to Live Here and Backrooms vibes (but also excellent theme work) and you get this book!
I think you should go into this as blind as possible for the best experience, but I will say that there are creatures in this book and their descriptions were some of my favorite parts. The creatures really leap off of the page and chase you through the house.
This is a very thrilling and cinematic, hard to put down book that will likely end up being one of my top horror reads of the year. I definitely recommend checking it out if you are a fan of psychological horror.
4.5⭐️
I think you should go into this as blind as possible for the best experience, but I will say that there are creatures in this book and their descriptions were some of my favorite parts. The creatures really leap off of the page and chase you through the house.
This is a very thrilling and cinematic, hard to put down book that will likely end up being one of my top horror reads of the year. I definitely recommend checking it out if you are a fan of psychological horror.
4.5⭐️
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
2/5 stars ★★☆☆☆
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night
by Joshua Chaplinsky (to be published September 2026) is a multiple timeline horror story about Jenna and her boyfriend Brian who visit an abandoned house called the Vogel house and become trapped in the games of the ghosts of its past and are unable to leave. It follows multiple characters in what appear to be different timelines.
The plot is non-linear and is a bit disjointed and confusing. In the first half of this book, it lacks focus and situations and descriptions become quite repetitive. The characters are not deeply delved into and since we spend very little time with them in every chapter, they are unengaging and it is hard to care about what happens as they are all flat. For the first 200 pages, the plot does not advance or go anywhere. In addition, in this first half, the prose is a bit disassociated and distant, although there is some descriptive visual imagery.
Read the full review at Ultramarine Literary Review: https://www.ultramarinereview.com/pos...
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night
by Joshua Chaplinsky (to be published September 2026) is a multiple timeline horror story about Jenna and her boyfriend Brian who visit an abandoned house called the Vogel house and become trapped in the games of the ghosts of its past and are unable to leave. It follows multiple characters in what appear to be different timelines.
The plot is non-linear and is a bit disjointed and confusing. In the first half of this book, it lacks focus and situations and descriptions become quite repetitive. The characters are not deeply delved into and since we spend very little time with them in every chapter, they are unengaging and it is hard to care about what happens as they are all flat. For the first 200 pages, the plot does not advance or go anywhere. In addition, in this first half, the prose is a bit disassociated and distant, although there is some descriptive visual imagery.
Read the full review at Ultramarine Literary Review: https://www.ultramarinereview.com/pos...
September 24, 2026
This book explores time, space, reality, grief and memories in such an unnerving way that made it compulsively readable for me. I was pulled right into the story which starts as a sort of urban legend tale centering around a an abandoned house where teens go to hang out. It soon turns into a surreal trip through this house that holds something sinister inside as the characters drift back and forth through time dealing with their own issues that are exacerbated by the house. We’re never really sure what’s real. There were some genuinely frightening scenes here as well and just an overall sense of unease. It’s smartly written and very intentional. I enjoyed this so much and think it’s one I will be thinking about for quite a while.
**thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an early copy for review
**thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an early copy for review
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I really fucking loved this one. Chaplinsky has been on my radar for a minute but in a ubiquitous way where I’ve never been able to get his work in my hands. So this is my first book by him but imma need to hit up that catalog asap. I’m not really going to try and summarize the plot (other reviewers do a great job) but it’s liminal-haunted house-non linear time and all of this gets packed together into a dope read. There’s going to probably be quite a few readers who feel like this book requires too much mental effort, and that’s valid. Sometimes I like to just be carried away by a story, but more often I find myself gravitating to the books that you have to assemble yourself. There’s competing yet also intersecting story and timelines and everything is all muddled together. There was at least once I thought maybe my copy had been cobbled together wrongly, but this is not the case. Chaplinsky has taken over a decade to craft this story and sew all the threads together into this weird fucked up horror story but it works. If you get confused please stay the course and you’ll see the method behind the madness.
There’s some very heavy themes (CSA) so please exercise caution when going in. I think this was an excellent showcase of the rage, fear, confusion, apathy and devastation that accompany childhood trauma. The different storylines were all coherent and thoughtful on their own, but watching them merge is like getting to see a symphony at work. Sometimes a simple violin solo is what’s needed, and on other occasions you need to feel the music and this book hits that note. It’s super dark and the imagery just as harrowing as the subject matter. If you’re looking for a book to feel and not just follow along, then this is the one. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough and there were multiple times I had to pause and just absorb the brilliance of certain connections. TMitWSVMaN is not a book for everyone but if you vibe with “literary” or “high concept” horror then I highly recommend it. It’s weird, murky and ambiguous and also so so clever and easily one of my top reads this year.
There’s some very heavy themes (CSA) so please exercise caution when going in. I think this was an excellent showcase of the rage, fear, confusion, apathy and devastation that accompany childhood trauma. The different storylines were all coherent and thoughtful on their own, but watching them merge is like getting to see a symphony at work. Sometimes a simple violin solo is what’s needed, and on other occasions you need to feel the music and this book hits that note. It’s super dark and the imagery just as harrowing as the subject matter. If you’re looking for a book to feel and not just follow along, then this is the one. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough and there were multiple times I had to pause and just absorb the brilliance of certain connections. TMitWSVMaN is not a book for everyone but if you vibe with “literary” or “high concept” horror then I highly recommend it. It’s weird, murky and ambiguous and also so so clever and easily one of my top reads this year.
September 22, 2026
Title: The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night
Author: Joshua Chaplinsky
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
The Vogel House, plagued by a dark past, acts as a hub where memories, separate time periods, and other people’s lives bleed together. The plot follows three distinct storylines across several generations: Jenna and her boyfriend, Brian; Mrs. Vogel; and pregnant Nancy. Their stories initially seem isolated but the boundaries between them erode as Jenny, Mrs. Vogel, and Nancy begin experiencing each other’s dreams, memories, and nightmares.
Connecting these overlapping lives is the Man in the Watch—a malevolent entity described as a "parasitic dream" that feeds on human suffering and manipulates memory. A mysterious letter from Mrs. Vogel’s daughter is central to understanding the Man in the Watch and how the different storylines connect.
This book was great and definitely a thinker. There are multiple interconnected threads with each arc/character experiencing overlapping realities, dreams, and nightmares. Rather than a traditional haunted house trope, Chaplinsky creates a surreal nightmare where the characters memories, Vogel house, and Man in the Watch becoming very difficult to separate.
The publisher describes this book as “House of Leaves” meets David Lynch. If this is something you might like, check this story out!
Author: Joshua Chaplinsky
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
The Vogel House, plagued by a dark past, acts as a hub where memories, separate time periods, and other people’s lives bleed together. The plot follows three distinct storylines across several generations: Jenna and her boyfriend, Brian; Mrs. Vogel; and pregnant Nancy. Their stories initially seem isolated but the boundaries between them erode as Jenny, Mrs. Vogel, and Nancy begin experiencing each other’s dreams, memories, and nightmares.
Connecting these overlapping lives is the Man in the Watch—a malevolent entity described as a "parasitic dream" that feeds on human suffering and manipulates memory. A mysterious letter from Mrs. Vogel’s daughter is central to understanding the Man in the Watch and how the different storylines connect.
This book was great and definitely a thinker. There are multiple interconnected threads with each arc/character experiencing overlapping realities, dreams, and nightmares. Rather than a traditional haunted house trope, Chaplinsky creates a surreal nightmare where the characters memories, Vogel house, and Man in the Watch becoming very difficult to separate.
The publisher describes this book as “House of Leaves” meets David Lynch. If this is something you might like, check this story out!
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
This one follows you and waits in the dark corners of your room.
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night is the kind of horror that feels alive. Every strange, impossible moment is rooted in something painfully human.
Generational trauma bleeds through every page, warping these women’s lives into something tragic and haunting.
The Vogel House itself feels less like a setting and more like a living organism. Rotting, breathing, hungry. Every time the story returned there, I felt this creeping sense of dread that only intensified as the narratives slowly folded into one another.
And then there’s The Man in the Watch… a presence that lingers over the novel like a bad dream you can’t fully wake from.
What I loved most was how fearless this book is. It refuses to hold your hand. The narrative fractures and spirals, memories blur into nightmares, timelines overlap. Beneath all the surrealism and cosmic unease is a devastating story about inherited pain, violation, motherhood, identity, and the ways trauma reshapes generations.
There were moments when I genuinely felt disoriented in the best possible way, as if the book itself was manipulating my perception. It captures that same impossible atmosphere as a nightmare where every door leads somewhere wrong, but you keep opening them anyway. It’s oppressive, disorienting, emotionally raw, and unapologetically weird.
Thank you so much CLASH Books, Joshua Chaplinsky, & NetGalley for the #gifted earc.
All opinions are my own 🖤
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night is the kind of horror that feels alive. Every strange, impossible moment is rooted in something painfully human.
Generational trauma bleeds through every page, warping these women’s lives into something tragic and haunting.
The Vogel House itself feels less like a setting and more like a living organism. Rotting, breathing, hungry. Every time the story returned there, I felt this creeping sense of dread that only intensified as the narratives slowly folded into one another.
And then there’s The Man in the Watch… a presence that lingers over the novel like a bad dream you can’t fully wake from.
What I loved most was how fearless this book is. It refuses to hold your hand. The narrative fractures and spirals, memories blur into nightmares, timelines overlap. Beneath all the surrealism and cosmic unease is a devastating story about inherited pain, violation, motherhood, identity, and the ways trauma reshapes generations.
There were moments when I genuinely felt disoriented in the best possible way, as if the book itself was manipulating my perception. It captures that same impossible atmosphere as a nightmare where every door leads somewhere wrong, but you keep opening them anyway. It’s oppressive, disorienting, emotionally raw, and unapologetically weird.
Thank you so much CLASH Books, Joshua Chaplinsky, & NetGalley for the #gifted earc.
All opinions are my own 🖤
May 7, 2026
Honestly, I can’t even begin to write this review. It’s feels like no matter the words I choose to put down, a disservice will be made to the novel. It is weird, it is frantic. It is held together by loose strings for a while, then those strings slowly cinch tighter around the reader’s neck, forcing audible gasps for air, quietly drowning them in the created atmosphere, and then reanimating the reader in a conclusion unlike any I’ve ever read.
Being a fan of Danielewski’s epochal debut novel and Lynch’s esoteric films, this was a fresh breath of horror in an occasionally stale landscape of tropes. This felt new. This felt raw. In an age where it seems every idea is recycled, repurposed and regurgitated, like a mother pigeon allofeeding her young, this felt like the pinnacle that subsequent ideas will trickle down from.
If you can’t tell, I liked it. No, I loved it. I read Letters to the Purple Satin Killer last year and loved that too. I’m sensing a trend.
I don’t want to say much about the plot for fear of revealing some things that take time to realize while reading. I’d rather you pick this one up on your own, read it. Devour it. Be consumed by it. If you allow this novel to do what it sets out to do, you too will wish that you could spend another night in the Vogel House.
Thank you Joshua Chaplinsky for the opportunity to ARC read this one. Hits shelves on 9/22/26. I will be preordering my copy.
Being a fan of Danielewski’s epochal debut novel and Lynch’s esoteric films, this was a fresh breath of horror in an occasionally stale landscape of tropes. This felt new. This felt raw. In an age where it seems every idea is recycled, repurposed and regurgitated, like a mother pigeon allofeeding her young, this felt like the pinnacle that subsequent ideas will trickle down from.
If you can’t tell, I liked it. No, I loved it. I read Letters to the Purple Satin Killer last year and loved that too. I’m sensing a trend.
I don’t want to say much about the plot for fear of revealing some things that take time to realize while reading. I’d rather you pick this one up on your own, read it. Devour it. Be consumed by it. If you allow this novel to do what it sets out to do, you too will wish that you could spend another night in the Vogel House.
Thank you Joshua Chaplinsky for the opportunity to ARC read this one. Hits shelves on 9/22/26. I will be preordering my copy.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
What in the hell did I just read?
How in the hell do I go about reviewing this?
I feel like Chaplinsky put my brain in blender and delighted with every tap of the pulse button leaving me completely baffled, clueless, and unable to explain myself coherently.
It all starts with the Vogel House. You know the kind? Urban legend, murder suicide, abandoned to decay and with that piques the curiosity of bored teenagers looking to get drunk, high, or laid away from the peering eyes of authority.
We follow Jenna, her mother Nancy, Mrs. Vogel, another teenage girl, and Brian. They have all been to Vogel house. With the exception of Brian the woman can all dream of one another and the experiences they had while in the house. There is also a little girl in a lace dress and ribbons that peeks around the mysterious corners that make up Vogel House. There are letters addressed to "Mother" that add another layer of mystery.
The Vogel House is a waking nightmare. Dimensions shift, rooms appear and disappear, doors and windows come and go, hallways seem to twist and turn endlessly.
All the while Mr. Vogel is watching and waiting.
On a call from Brian to 911 from Vogel House:
" Okay, what is your address, sir?
We're at the Vogel House....
The address please?
I don't know the exact address. It's the dead end house on Mayfield.
Is that where you're calling from right now?
What? Yes, it's where I'm calling from right now. You can't see that?
It says the number you are calling from is not in service.
I don't understand.
The number you are calling from doesn't exist. And according to our system neither does the house."
Creepy, unsettling, unrelenting, horrific, and dread inducing are just a few descriptors I'd use to describe this incredible story. I'll admit at times confusing but purposely so I believe. Chaplinsky does not want his readers getting comfortable.
This book isn't easy to read. No sir. Be prepared to use your brain to the best of it's ability because this book is firing on all cylinders.
At the end of the day this books main purpose is shining a light on sexual abuse and assault that girls and women experience at the hands of men. Often the men meant to protect us are the same ones that destroy us.
After reading and loving, Letters to the Purple Satin Killer and now this, I am convinced that Chaplinsky is a literary horror genius. 5 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley and CLASH Books for my complimentary copy.
How in the hell do I go about reviewing this?
I feel like Chaplinsky put my brain in blender and delighted with every tap of the pulse button leaving me completely baffled, clueless, and unable to explain myself coherently.
It all starts with the Vogel House. You know the kind? Urban legend, murder suicide, abandoned to decay and with that piques the curiosity of bored teenagers looking to get drunk, high, or laid away from the peering eyes of authority.
We follow Jenna, her mother Nancy, Mrs. Vogel, another teenage girl, and Brian. They have all been to Vogel house. With the exception of Brian the woman can all dream of one another and the experiences they had while in the house. There is also a little girl in a lace dress and ribbons that peeks around the mysterious corners that make up Vogel House. There are letters addressed to "Mother" that add another layer of mystery.
The Vogel House is a waking nightmare. Dimensions shift, rooms appear and disappear, doors and windows come and go, hallways seem to twist and turn endlessly.
All the while Mr. Vogel is watching and waiting.
On a call from Brian to 911 from Vogel House:
" Okay, what is your address, sir?
We're at the Vogel House....
The address please?
I don't know the exact address. It's the dead end house on Mayfield.
Is that where you're calling from right now?
What? Yes, it's where I'm calling from right now. You can't see that?
It says the number you are calling from is not in service.
I don't understand.
The number you are calling from doesn't exist. And according to our system neither does the house."
Creepy, unsettling, unrelenting, horrific, and dread inducing are just a few descriptors I'd use to describe this incredible story. I'll admit at times confusing but purposely so I believe. Chaplinsky does not want his readers getting comfortable.
This book isn't easy to read. No sir. Be prepared to use your brain to the best of it's ability because this book is firing on all cylinders.
At the end of the day this books main purpose is shining a light on sexual abuse and assault that girls and women experience at the hands of men. Often the men meant to protect us are the same ones that destroy us.
After reading and loving, Letters to the Purple Satin Killer and now this, I am convinced that Chaplinsky is a literary horror genius. 5 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley and CLASH Books for my complimentary copy.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Thank you NetGalley and Clash Books for the eARC.
Jenna runs away from home and enters Vogel House with her boyfriend Brian. Nothing is said very directly, but it is clear something is not right at home. Vogel House, on the other hand is not a regular abandoned house. There are secrets, there are hauntings, there are memories.
This is a difficult book to review without spoilers but here I go. I really enjoyed this despite the fact that I can’t say I understand it all. It’s definitely one of those books I will need to revisit a few years down the road. I loved the atmosphere, the vibes. It was eerie and very atmospheric.
Three women are tied together indirectly via generational trauma, and they can all sense each other. There are problematic men. Then you have this house… that shifts reality, space… and it doesn’t seem to like letting people go. It’s crazy how Chaplinsky was able to put this entire concept into words because I cannot wrap my mind around it. This was my first book by this author so I’m definitely checking out his other books.
Jenna runs away from home and enters Vogel House with her boyfriend Brian. Nothing is said very directly, but it is clear something is not right at home. Vogel House, on the other hand is not a regular abandoned house. There are secrets, there are hauntings, there are memories.
This is a difficult book to review without spoilers but here I go. I really enjoyed this despite the fact that I can’t say I understand it all. It’s definitely one of those books I will need to revisit a few years down the road. I loved the atmosphere, the vibes. It was eerie and very atmospheric.
Three women are tied together indirectly via generational trauma, and they can all sense each other. There are problematic men. Then you have this house… that shifts reality, space… and it doesn’t seem to like letting people go. It’s crazy how Chaplinsky was able to put this entire concept into words because I cannot wrap my mind around it. This was my first book by this author so I’m definitely checking out his other books.
October 8, 2026
Thank you NetGalley and CLASH Books for the ARC in exchange for a review.
"The Man in The Watch Still Visits Me at Night" is a speculative, liminal horror crafted to disorient. Where repetition and pattern is turned on its head, not to create order, but to create chaos in this plot.
The setting really stands out in this book. The Vogel House is "The Man in The Watch's" playground. Described as "The Vogel House looms large, a rundown Victorian rising above the overgrowth to dominate the dead-end street. A facade of rotten wood and sagging eaves propped up by a distant memory. A dilapidated husk playing host to a parasitic dream."
This is my first time reading Joshua Chaplinsky and his writing really stands out. I mean, come on! The house is "A dilapidated husk playing host to a parasitic dream"?? So good. I love the use of metaphor to evoke emotion, and the characterization was really strong. This is multi POV and each character's voice is distinct.
Prepare yourself for a nonlinear, time and space-bending story that is steeped in dread and confusion. 4 stars!
"The Man in The Watch Still Visits Me at Night" is a speculative, liminal horror crafted to disorient. Where repetition and pattern is turned on its head, not to create order, but to create chaos in this plot.
The setting really stands out in this book. The Vogel House is "The Man in The Watch's" playground. Described as "The Vogel House looms large, a rundown Victorian rising above the overgrowth to dominate the dead-end street. A facade of rotten wood and sagging eaves propped up by a distant memory. A dilapidated husk playing host to a parasitic dream."
This is my first time reading Joshua Chaplinsky and his writing really stands out. I mean, come on! The house is "A dilapidated husk playing host to a parasitic dream"?? So good. I love the use of metaphor to evoke emotion, and the characterization was really strong. This is multi POV and each character's voice is distinct.
Prepare yourself for a nonlinear, time and space-bending story that is steeped in dread and confusion. 4 stars!
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
A story on top of another story inside another story all bleeding together to leave you with a unique reading experience that will leave you shaken
I saw this book summed up as House of Leaves meets David Lynch and that's a really good way to describe it. There is multiple timelines and surrealist imagery all mixed together in a way that makes it really reductive to call this book a "haunted house" story. At it's foundation (pun intended) it is that, but the liquid cerebral terror built on top makes it so much more than that.
Chaplinski created such a disarming and disorienting experience out of such a tried and true horror staple; two teenagers enter a local haunted abandoned house. What evolves out of that is a kaleidoscope of shifting povs and timelines to the point where the reader needs to attempt to hold onto their own sanity as the characters try to do that themselves. As somebody who often doesn't enjoy the haunted house trope this one really brought something special to the table that i really enjoyed.
If you're a fan of weird and experimental horror this one will definitely be a hit for you.
I saw this book summed up as House of Leaves meets David Lynch and that's a really good way to describe it. There is multiple timelines and surrealist imagery all mixed together in a way that makes it really reductive to call this book a "haunted house" story. At it's foundation (pun intended) it is that, but the liquid cerebral terror built on top makes it so much more than that.
Chaplinski created such a disarming and disorienting experience out of such a tried and true horror staple; two teenagers enter a local haunted abandoned house. What evolves out of that is a kaleidoscope of shifting povs and timelines to the point where the reader needs to attempt to hold onto their own sanity as the characters try to do that themselves. As somebody who often doesn't enjoy the haunted house trope this one really brought something special to the table that i really enjoyed.
If you're a fan of weird and experimental horror this one will definitely be a hit for you.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Thank you CLASH books and Netgalley for an early digital copy of The Man in the Watch. What a wild book. I was not sure how Chaplinsky was going to pull this off, but man did he. I was very confused for the first few chapters. Once I figured out what was going on I enjoyed the ride. The book is slow to start but there is a moment when things get absolutely bonkers. I can see why this is being compared to House of Leaves meets David Lynch. The Vogel house is very trippy and Chaplinsky weaves in dread throughout the story that is weird and dark just like Lynch does. The book has a satisfying ending that reminds me of so many books/shows that I love. I would recommend this to anyone who wants something fresh, dark, Lynchian and a bit of confusing in the best way. It is slow but you must stick with it! It is worth it.
PUB DATE 09/22
PUB DATE 09/22
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
(I received this book from the editor and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review)
This was such a dreamlike -well, nightmarelike, experience! It grabbed me from the very beginning and I devoured pages without even noticing. It may feel repetitive at times (there are some Brian chapters that are almost the same, but the ‘almost’ is the important part), but I think the generational trauma was very well described and it had very tense scenes.
Would I compare it to House of Leaves? Not really, I understand where the comparation comes from but I am not sure whether it puts too much pressure in this story, but I totally see the Lynchian aspect of it.
I would highly recommend it, but bear in mind that you need to let yourself go. If you start nitpicking the story… you will find small holes, but the experience is a very unique one.
This was such a dreamlike -well, nightmarelike, experience! It grabbed me from the very beginning and I devoured pages without even noticing. It may feel repetitive at times (there are some Brian chapters that are almost the same, but the ‘almost’ is the important part), but I think the generational trauma was very well described and it had very tense scenes.
Would I compare it to House of Leaves? Not really, I understand where the comparation comes from but I am not sure whether it puts too much pressure in this story, but I totally see the Lynchian aspect of it.
I would highly recommend it, but bear in mind that you need to let yourself go. If you start nitpicking the story… you will find small holes, but the experience is a very unique one.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy.
It was a very unique premise, and with the author mentioning that it originated as a screenplay, I could see that. The author makes a lot of twists and turns, and unfortunately, it kind of gives a hint of a generational curse in a way. The ending was sad and reflective.
There were times I got a bit confused. I think two of the Brenden chapters are too similar, at least in the beginning when he leaves the house. It's a book that you can easily become confused if you aren't paying close attention.
Possibly a second re-read will give more details.
It was a very unique premise, and with the author mentioning that it originated as a screenplay, I could see that. The author makes a lot of twists and turns, and unfortunately, it kind of gives a hint of a generational curse in a way. The ending was sad and reflective.
There were times I got a bit confused. I think two of the Brenden chapters are too similar, at least in the beginning when he leaves the house. It's a book that you can easily become confused if you aren't paying close attention.
Possibly a second re-read will give more details.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I am unsure if I enjoyed this book or not. It was very disjointed and confusing, and while it was meant to be that way, I don't know if it was well done. I didn't have much connection or care for most of the characters. While a major plot point is a pretty significant TW, it is more hinted at/implied versus described, which I did appreciate. I read it over a span of two days and I have thought about it a lot, there is lots of well written moments of horror and grossness. I think this would make a really good artsy horror film, but unsure how it translated in a novel.
Thank you to Netgalley, Clash books and the author for an ARC!
Thank you to Netgalley, Clash books and the author for an ARC!
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This book had potential but just didn't do it for me. It may have partially been the formatting and method (Netgalley reader as opposed to Kindle or even physical copy), really long chapters, moving back and forth in time (I get that it's supposed to be disorienting and make you feel trapped), many POVs, meant to be confusing like a fever dream, constantly morphing a la House of Leaves (but like Temu version lol), just ends up muddled and confused. I like the generational trauma aspects, but many times this was almost a DNF for me, never looked forward to picking it up. I'm also a mood reader so maybe the timing was just not right.
September 13, 2026
Being a wild departure from Chaplinsky's previous book, Letters From the Purple Satin Killer, really serves his latest effort. The Man in the Watch demands a lot of its readers, and I suspect some will give up on it for that reason. As such, I recommend not picking it up and putting it down over the span of weeks or months, and prepare to give the book your full focus. A big ask in this day and age, I understand, but I wouldn't write that preface if the reward wasn't worth the effort. This book is strange and terrifically creepy, paying homage to David Lynch through structure and device, while also carving a unique path. An intricate, well-crafted addition to the horror canon.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
This was extremely difficult to review. I've seen comments saying this is beginners version of House of Leaves sort and let me tell you, I am now nervous for that because as wonderfully written as this is, I can't fathom what has actually happened. There's definitely liminal spaces as a minimum, but I don't know if beyond that is it parallel universes? Dimensional time travel sort of stuff? I really don't know. It's slow. It's confusing. It's definitely not bad, but I don't know if it is one for me... though I would definitely recommend to anyone who enjoys these confusing sort of multi-premised wormhole type books!
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for allowing me the opportunity to review this title in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for allowing me the opportunity to review this title in exchange for an honest review.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Absolutely a visceral response reading this book. It is a lot. This story spans time and space and is absolutely horrific. Teen pregnancy, abuse, misogyny, gaslighting, this book really is a lot. Well-written, hence the visceral response. Thank-you, CLASH Books, for tjis complimentary copy. Opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This book was such a wild ride. Like a cosmic House of Leaves on steroids. The story follows three women through multiple timelines that often blur and cross into each other. Their trauma and resilience in the face of that trauma, and against the men who have hurt them, gave this story such a strong backbone. I found myself rooting for all three women as they struggled to fight for themselves and ultimately each other. The other main character, the Vogel House, creates a hellish landscape for these women to face their pasts, presents, and futures.
This was a great look at generational trauma and how secrets manifest themselves in gruesome ways. Definitely be prepared to be confused while reading this, but in the best way. You will feel like you're going crazy stuck inside the Vogel House yourself the further you read.
The shifting perspectives and characters kept the story fresh and interesting while the vivid descriptions of the house's changing composition kept me feeling just as lost as the poor souls stuck inside of it. The story took the author 15 years to complete, and it's taken me two days to try and write an adequate review because it's so hard to put into words how great this book was. I feel like reading this a second time will be even better than the first. Thank you to the author and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.
This was a great look at generational trauma and how secrets manifest themselves in gruesome ways. Definitely be prepared to be confused while reading this, but in the best way. You will feel like you're going crazy stuck inside the Vogel House yourself the further you read.
The shifting perspectives and characters kept the story fresh and interesting while the vivid descriptions of the house's changing composition kept me feeling just as lost as the poor souls stuck inside of it. The story took the author 15 years to complete, and it's taken me two days to try and write an adequate review because it's so hard to put into words how great this book was. I feel like reading this a second time will be even better than the first. Thank you to the author and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.
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