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Them

Mique Watson

Start date: November 1, 2024

Finish date: November 30, 2024

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Jul 28, 2025 Cheryl P. (review hiatus) rated it really liked it

I'm a big fan of Mique Watson's work and hope to read more books by him. This story deals with doppelgangers, or mimics, as they're called in the book. They are the definition of evil, and commit the most heinous, vile acts you can imagine. Since this is extreme horror, the acts are extremely graphic and this novel is severely heavy on sexual assault so if these are triggers, this story isn't for you. This author has a way of getting into your head and staying there. ...more

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Jan 31, 2025 Diane rated it liked it

I was truly divided 50/50 by this book...
I wanted to give it 5 stars just for all the extreme sickness, gore and brutality it spewed out of it's blood covered pages!!
But the story line just didn't hold up for me...I wanted to know more...why did this madness happen...who were these flesh eating sex maniac killers...where did they come from???
I was left rather empty and disappointed...even after a stomach full of horrendous mutilation and torture scenes.
I felt that the weak story line was somewha ...more

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Aug 01, 2023 renee w rated it really liked it

4.5 ⭐️

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Jan 04, 2024 Mrsgmamma rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed this book. The storyline was dope. The kills were super sick and twisted, especially when it came down to the baby one 😳I kind of guessed how the ending was going to be, but to the exact. This book is super disgusting!!!

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Oct 29, 2024 Cheng Bogdani marked it as to-read

Shelves: genre_horror, bookclub, format_kindle_only, 2024, format_kindle_only_post2023

Splatterpunk group NOV/2024 group read ...more

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Sep 26, 2024 P.M.G. rated it did not like it

Shelves: horror-thriller-and-mystery, kindle-unlimited, 2024-reading-challenge, yikes, splatterpunk

Ugh - this was an exhausting and unsatisfying read. There’s something about the first two chapters that feel like an old school horror movie and you hope you’re either in for a new kind of overnight apocalypse or even your standard body snatcher book. This wasn’t in any way that.

The warnings about it devolving almost instantaneously in the third chapter are spot on. Felt like a 14 year old trying to show you weird shock sites for a rise in homeroom.

The worst part is it never warps up - there’s ...more

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Jul 24, 2023 Ashley rated it really liked it

Shelves: stressful-reads, horror

They look like people.

In the very best, most complimentary way I can muster, this was a wholly unpleasant reading experience. "Them" is one of the single most disturbing, depraved, offensive and gory pieces of nightmare fuel that has ever desecrated the screen of my Kindle. Never has a book so strongly made me wish that I didn't have eyes. I loved every grotesque second of it.

Before picking this novel up, I was very much aware of Mique's tastes in fiction. As a fan of his content, I knew just wh They look like people.

In the very best, most complimentary way I can muster, this was a wholly unpleasant reading experience. "Them" is one of the single most disturbing, depraved, offensive and gory pieces of nightmare fuel that has ever desecrated the screen of my Kindle. Never has a book so strongly made me wish that I didn't have eyes. I loved every grotesque second of it.

Before picking this novel up, I was very much aware of Mique's tastes in fiction. As a fan of his content, I knew just what I was getting myself into, yet, holy hell, nothing had quite prepared me for this. This is absolutely not the novel for anyone that has a weak stomach, this book will absolutely take you to places you never thought possible. I've read my fair share of extreme horror, and it's exceedingly rare for a book to make me take a step back to collect myself. Not only did "Them" force me to put down my Kindle, and go make myself a comforting cup of tea, but it grew tendrils that latched onto my brain, forcing its way into my dreams.

"The invasive image of death kept flooding back in the more she tried to snuff it. She saw it standing right above them, raising its large, gnarled claw. She felt it moments away from spouting a feral howl right before it buried its talon into her throat."

It's been a very long while since a novel has affected me to this degree. Some of the more brutal scenes were genuinely so difficult to sit through, I wanted to crunch my kindle under my car tires. Actually fuck this book. Fuck how wonderful and brilliant and affecting it is. Fuck how gorgeously it was written while also containing some of the most depraved content known to mankind. There's an overabundance of humanities most vile, atrocious acts being committed on almost every page, it's mentally taxing, yet it somehow seems balanced so well. There's beauty in the words here, heart-breaking, soul-shattering scenes break up the unending, unbridled violence. This is the work of someone with genuine love for their craft. This is the work of a twisted, brilliant mind.

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Perhaps, no matter how civilized or educated we are in the end, we are all just wolves disguised as men. ...more

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Dec 31, 2023 Sarah Stevens rated it it was amazing

Wow!!!

I cannot wait to see what Mr. Watson comes up with next! His books are so violent, but man, can he tell a story?!?!? He has a wonderful vocabulary and a wild imagination… what’s next????!!!!!????

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Feb 07, 2024 Joey Frick rated it liked it

3.5-Boy, this was wild. The overall story was really cool and entertaining. Was not ready for some events that took place doing the book. Even with some of the more intense stuff I still liked the book a lot!

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Jun 17, 2025 Jordana LeRiche rated it did not like it

Shelves: dnf

not one to DNF books, but here we are. absolutely rancid, vile, grotesque; this books feels like extreme fetish content and a story written solely to shock people. i worry about anyone that says they enjoyed this book. discovering that mique watson is a man makes this horrendous depiction of SA all the more unsettling and absolutely leaves a foul taste in my mouth. if i could give this book negative stars i would.

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