lisashelves's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
catholicamanda's review against another edition
5.0
This novel follows the gist of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. Since I really like The Count of Monte Cristo, I had very high hopes for this novel. On top of that, I love the cover. I was expecting a ton from this book.
The novel begins with the attack on the cruise ship Persephone. Frances Mace and Elizabeth (Libby) O’Martin escaped aboard an inflatable life raft. For seven days they floated adrift until a boat was spotted. Libby did not survive. Frances did. Senator Wells and his son, Grey, also survived but they are telling a different version of event where the Persephone was struck by a rogue wave.
When Frances tells Libby’s father what really happened aboard the Persephone, he comes up with a plan. he proposes that Frances Mace died in the tragedy and that Frances takes Libby’s identity. Frances has no one else in the world and nowhere to go, so she agrees. Libby’s father takes her to Europe to recover, have some surgeries, and attend a boarding school in Switzerland.
When Libby’s father dies and she turns eighteen, she returns to the United States with a detailed plan for revenge. She wants Senator Wells and his son to pay for their lies about what happened aboard the Persephone. She also wants answers as to why her parents and Libby died. Armed with her elaborately detailed plan for revenge, she gets right to work.
This novel totally lived up to my expectations. I read the entire thing in less than a day. I am pretty sure this is a stand-alone though I would love more of the story. It was an amazing book; everyone should read it. This book has definitely earned a place on my All Time Favorites list.
This review first appeared at Orandi et Legendi.
The novel begins with the attack on the cruise ship Persephone. Frances Mace and Elizabeth (Libby) O’Martin escaped aboard an inflatable life raft. For seven days they floated adrift until a boat was spotted. Libby did not survive. Frances did. Senator Wells and his son, Grey, also survived but they are telling a different version of event where the Persephone was struck by a rogue wave.
When Frances tells Libby’s father what really happened aboard the Persephone, he comes up with a plan. he proposes that Frances Mace died in the tragedy and that Frances takes Libby’s identity. Frances has no one else in the world and nowhere to go, so she agrees. Libby’s father takes her to Europe to recover, have some surgeries, and attend a boarding school in Switzerland.
When Libby’s father dies and she turns eighteen, she returns to the United States with a detailed plan for revenge. She wants Senator Wells and his son to pay for their lies about what happened aboard the Persephone. She also wants answers as to why her parents and Libby died. Armed with her elaborately detailed plan for revenge, she gets right to work.
This novel totally lived up to my expectations. I read the entire thing in less than a day. I am pretty sure this is a stand-alone though I would love more of the story. It was an amazing book; everyone should read it. This book has definitely earned a place on my All Time Favorites list.
This review first appeared at Orandi et Legendi.
catebethh's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
sc104906's review against another edition
3.0
Frances was on the Persphone, a luxury ship, which was boarded by terrorists, who shot everyone onboard and sank the ship. Through luck, Frances and Libby were able to escape. The two waited weeks for help to arrive, Libby perished just hours before being rescued. Meanwhile, another family has also been rescued and says that the ship sank because of a rogue wave. Frances knows they are lying. As a way to protect her, Frances slips into Libby's life, with the help of Libby's father. Now that Libby's father is dead, Frances is set on revenge. She will make the liars pay.
It was a solid thriller. Not extremely satisfying but a solid book.
It was a solid thriller. Not extremely satisfying but a solid book.
katleap's review against another edition
3.0
4 stars
I received an e-ARC copy of Daughter of Deep Silence from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I looked forward to this book so much! Its suppose to be a revenge story with a twisty plot. I feel that it didn’t quite live up to the hype.
After seven days adrift in the ocean sea, Frances and Libby are rescued by her Libby’s father. However Libby died just before rescue and Frances learns that the truth about what happened on that ship has been covered up. Alone in the world, Frances becomes Libby to protect herself because the other two survivors of that terrible night are lying. And Frances Mace knows with absolute certainty, that she was never suppose to make it off that boat alive. It’s been four years and with the death of Libby’s father she is ready to take her revenge and she’s going to start with the senator’s son who broke her heart.
Warning for spoilers...
I liked that we got little pieces of the attack on the ship. I also liked that it wasn’t completely coherent and like little pieces of a puzzle. Because hello trauma.
I liked Shepherd. I also liked the fact he figured out her secret pretty fast. ( although I do have a hard believing that he is the only one who could figure it out.) I also liked that he tried to be a voice of reason and get her to stop or take it to the cops.
I did like all the action and the planning. That was cool and I actually really wanted more of it.
The ending was okay. The ending was pretty open-ended, which I really don’t love. But how do you end something like this, it has to be with maybes. There was enough closure to feel hopeful and that maybe she will figure things out.
There were two things I really struggled with. The Frances/Libby/Revenge person. She has an identity crisis with multiple personalities. The main character is this third person who wasn't Frances or Libby. But this unnamed person that constantly thought of herself as both Frances and Libby, but at the same time, neither were her. She was a person full of rage, betrayal, heartbreak, and a need for revenge. Because Frances had to learn to be Libby, and she lost herself in the process. And she never felt like she could truly make connections with people under her assumed identity. So I liked this identity crisis but at the same time I didn’t because she was LibbyFrances and I think that embracing the fact that she is actually neither girl would have been good.
So the love at fourteen thing was probably the hardest thing to sell and I didn’t buy it. Its fundamental to the story but I just couldn’t, especially because it was in one week. The idea that Frances and Grey fell in love on a one week cruise when they were fourteen and it was supposed to be this deep connection that somehow lasted four years of separation - even if neither Grey or Frances totally understood or believed that. Oh, and Libby and Shepherd were also deeply in love at fourteen (and Shepherd had ALSO held onto that love for four years, never losing the hope that they might somehow end up together still. So, I did roll my eyes at the mentions of these characters' deep love at the age of fourteen. I do think that maybe.
So I liked it. I wanted it to be more.
I received an e-ARC copy of Daughter of Deep Silence from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I looked forward to this book so much! Its suppose to be a revenge story with a twisty plot. I feel that it didn’t quite live up to the hype.
After seven days adrift in the ocean sea, Frances and Libby are rescued by her Libby’s father. However Libby died just before rescue and Frances learns that the truth about what happened on that ship has been covered up. Alone in the world, Frances becomes Libby to protect herself because the other two survivors of that terrible night are lying. And Frances Mace knows with absolute certainty, that she was never suppose to make it off that boat alive. It’s been four years and with the death of Libby’s father she is ready to take her revenge and she’s going to start with the senator’s son who broke her heart.
Warning for spoilers...
I liked that we got little pieces of the attack on the ship. I also liked that it wasn’t completely coherent and like little pieces of a puzzle. Because hello trauma.
I liked Shepherd. I also liked the fact he figured out her secret pretty fast. ( although I do have a hard believing that he is the only one who could figure it out.) I also liked that he tried to be a voice of reason and get her to stop or take it to the cops.
I did like all the action and the planning. That was cool and I actually really wanted more of it.
The ending was okay. The ending was pretty open-ended, which I really don’t love. But how do you end something like this, it has to be with maybes. There was enough closure to feel hopeful and that maybe she will figure things out.
There were two things I really struggled with. The Frances/Libby/Revenge person. She has an identity crisis with multiple personalities. The main character is this third person who wasn't Frances or Libby. But this unnamed person that constantly thought of herself as both Frances and Libby, but at the same time, neither were her. She was a person full of rage, betrayal, heartbreak, and a need for revenge. Because Frances had to learn to be Libby, and she lost herself in the process. And she never felt like she could truly make connections with people under her assumed identity. So I liked this identity crisis but at the same time I didn’t because she was LibbyFrances and I think that embracing the fact that she is actually neither girl would have been good.
So the love at fourteen thing was probably the hardest thing to sell and I didn’t buy it. Its fundamental to the story but I just couldn’t, especially because it was in one week. The idea that Frances and Grey fell in love on a one week cruise when they were fourteen and it was supposed to be this deep connection that somehow lasted four years of separation - even if neither Grey or Frances totally understood or believed that. Oh, and Libby and Shepherd were also deeply in love at fourteen (and Shepherd had ALSO held onto that love for four years, never losing the hope that they might somehow end up together still. So, I did roll my eyes at the mentions of these characters' deep love at the age of fourteen. I do think that maybe.
So I liked it. I wanted it to be more.
cendi's review against another edition
4.0
Reviewed By: Paperback Princesses
Following a devastating attack on a luxury yacht that killed her parents, Frances Mace takes the place of a girl named Libby, who she became friends with during her time on the cruise. She is one of three people who know what really happened to the ship, and she knows no one will ever believe her without proof. She knows she has to take the other two down, all while she struggles with her own identity.
This book was so much fun to read. I’ve read Carrie Ryan’s The Forest of Hands and Teeth series, and they’re practically the only zombie books I can stand. I loved them so much, and I was very excited to see this book come out, even though I knew it had nothing to do with the other series. I just really love her writing style.
Daughter of Deep Silence is definitely not a zombie tale, even if Frances seems sort of dead at times (pun not intended). She struggles with the fact that she’s pretending to be Libby, but Frances tries to surface as she’s around her first deep love.
One of the most exciting things about this story is the love story within the revenge story. It’s not like any other teen/ya love story out there. Its got its twists, and that’s something to look forward to while reading.
Occasionally, the narrator jumps between past and present, but its fairly easy to follow. Most of the issue with this book was trying to follow along with Frances’ plan to take the senator and his son down.
Would I read this again? Absolutely! And I definitely recommend it for someone who’s looking for a story just a little bit different.
Following a devastating attack on a luxury yacht that killed her parents, Frances Mace takes the place of a girl named Libby, who she became friends with during her time on the cruise. She is one of three people who know what really happened to the ship, and she knows no one will ever believe her without proof. She knows she has to take the other two down, all while she struggles with her own identity.
This book was so much fun to read. I’ve read Carrie Ryan’s The Forest of Hands and Teeth series, and they’re practically the only zombie books I can stand. I loved them so much, and I was very excited to see this book come out, even though I knew it had nothing to do with the other series. I just really love her writing style.
Daughter of Deep Silence is definitely not a zombie tale, even if Frances seems sort of dead at times (pun not intended). She struggles with the fact that she’s pretending to be Libby, but Frances tries to surface as she’s around her first deep love.
One of the most exciting things about this story is the love story within the revenge story. It’s not like any other teen/ya love story out there. Its got its twists, and that’s something to look forward to while reading.
Occasionally, the narrator jumps between past and present, but its fairly easy to follow. Most of the issue with this book was trying to follow along with Frances’ plan to take the senator and his son down.
Would I read this again? Absolutely! And I definitely recommend it for someone who’s looking for a story just a little bit different.
ashjambud's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
luneillei's review against another edition
3.0
more like a 3.5 for me. it's not bad, but not that good too. it's an exciting read though. i just find myself going through it fast. a quick read from Winter. a good filler i guess