Review: Watching the Watcher
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2013
This is Weston's first foray into the young adult realm.It stays at the right age level, dealing with problems of real teenagers.Alex has a gift, reliving someone else's death. It just feels like he's going crazy.Good horror isn't rubber monsters or eating brains. It is an attempt (like Slaughter House Five and the fire bombing of Dresden) to discuss something so big and so horrifying that we don't know where to begin. We enjoy it because we identify with the characters. But beyond the voyeurism, we like the idea that everyone has secrets they try to bury. Our hero is armed with a flashlight and a shovel.The Shining was King's fear of becoming his alcoholic father. Dream Catcher was Cancer. Horror is primal, filled with symbols we can't elucidate. It is the knowledge that some things cannot be suppressed.Will Alex master the ability or get beaten to a pulp by the forces in his small town?