Where's the SCP Foundation when you need it?

This is one of those books where there's parts of it I really really like and parts that make me go, "Oh my God, that's so stupid." So, let's start with the positives. I really enjoyed the characters, especially Madeline, even though they could all be infuriating at times. I guess that makes this very relatable and human, though. Humans make mistakes, have flaws, and don't act perfectly rational in survival situations. 

I also loved the Watchers themselves. Though they do somewhat fit into the tall, spindly thing trope, their lore and motivations really make them compelling antagonists. 

So, complaining time. And I'm going to bullet point this because my thoughts are a scosh scattered. Most of them relate to that bunker, though. 

• First things first, why does the government not have this place completely cut off? There should not be a road that you can drive down to get to the spooky murder woods where people regularly go missing. I know that there's no story if something like this was in place, but come on. A huge section of forest land where people regularly go missing around and the government is just like "Yeah, fuck it I guess." 

• How does the tech killing thing work? Is it a perimeter but not the whole thing? Because we know electrical equipment /can/ work inside, but I guess you have to walk it in past a certain point first? 

• How did this historian manage to make this damned bunker? We know that he hired out multiple crews to build his little bunker, set the electrical wiring, install the glass, and especially dig the pit the bunker is in. It's implied he let them die each night he hired them. How many damned people did this dude hire and let kill? Why does no one become suspicious of this? Where are the families of these workers? 

• On that note, how did Madeline cover up the entrance to the bunker? Did the professor leave several bags of concrete behind?

• How did the professor hide a boat and oar and then make it back to the bunker in time for sundown? It's implied that it takes a full days walk to reach the river, and this dude managed to get down there, hide a boat, and get back in time for the Watchers to not find him? 

• The "fey in society" thing isn't handled exceedingly well, I think. Why would they be targeting Mina? It's sort of a Streisand Effect thing. These women are not going to say a word, and if they do, they'll be regarded as crazy. Why make a huge deal of killing them? Just leave it. 

All in all, I probably won't seek out the sequel, but I don't regret taking this book in. Even if the whole of the problems could be avoided with some well placed "Road Closed" signs.