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katreadsskulls's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
This is the first thriller/horror book I’ve read in quite awhile, simply because I was having a hard time not finding any that weren’t predictable and repetitive. Picked this up because it sounded interesting and was not disappointed. A bit science heavy in the beginning but that only served to make the scenario more plausible and unsettling in my eyes. Going from a safe scientific venture to a horror movie creature chase happens in the blink of an eye and so abruptly it helps carry the reader with the main characters. There were a lot of main characters and I had difficulty remembering who was who during the second half of the book, but again, I was more focused on the “alien” creatures. If you’re at all interested in the ancient aliens theory, whether to believe or scoff at, this is an interesting read. Would absolutely recommend.
Two trigger warnings for the beginning of the book: mass unaliving, mentions of sexual assault, descriptions of dead infant and mother unalived while trying to reach it. The rest of the triggers are normal body horror, psych horror things, but those surprised me, so heads up.
Two trigger warnings for the beginning of the book: mass unaliving, mentions of sexual assault, descriptions of dead infant and mother unalived while trying to reach it. The rest of the triggers are normal body horror, psych horror things, but those surprised me, so heads up.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault and Violence
vexatiousbird's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Pretty average thriller. POV divided between 6 or so characters and I didn’t really connect with any of them - they felt formulaic, like stock characters with backstories and distinctive quirks tacked on to avoid them being seen as cookie cutter. Lots of tell rather than show. Weird that it took until fully halfway through the book to tell the reader that one of the MCs prefers solitude and is socially awkward, with little to indicate this earlier.
The writing itself is decent. The plot is pretty interesting to see unravel, and there are some thrills but few twists. Feels like the author watches a lot of Ancient Aliens.
A couple awkwardly inserted conservative viewpoints detracted a bit from my enjoyment. Author makes a point of establishing climate change denialism as a valid and common viewpoint among supposedly top tier scientists.
The writing itself is decent. The plot is pretty interesting to see unravel, and there are some thrills but few twists. Feels like the author watches a lot of Ancient Aliens.
A couple awkwardly inserted conservative viewpoints detracted a bit from my enjoyment. Author makes a point of establishing climate change denialism as a valid and common viewpoint among supposedly top tier scientists.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death and Body horror
ehamlett's review against another edition
informative
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence