Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Cold Storage: A Novel by David Koepp

18 reviews

itendswithe's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

A warning: Every male character in this book is terrible. 

As other reviews have said, the attempts to explain the science here is very bad in a way that wasn't necessary. When you're working with something from space, "alien" is a good enough explanation! The "mutualistic relationship" as described in the book does more to show the author's lack of understanding of biology than helpfully explain the fungal evolution seen.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Racism

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Abortion

laellaj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

aparker89's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A fun, fast-paced sci-fi thriller that was exactly what I was in the mood for! Koepp's cinematic background definitely shines through and I could really see the action unfolding as I read. Fungal horror is always a good time and cordyceps novus is an especially terrifying idea. This book may not be high literature, but it's a damn good time! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty

fleurdujour's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was a pretty fun read, nothing about it was really scary though so it won’t keep you up at night or anything. Mostly just makes you wary of fungus and reads more like a military thriller. Sometimes it was a little hard to keep going because I didn’t care too much for the characters themselves. A lot about the characters just seemed pretty jaded, and most of the characters were fairly one dimensional.

Also starting the book off with the weird almost adultery was a total vibe killer.And another thing, Mike sucked and he killed a couple of animals so watch out for that because it wasn’t pleasant.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

4.25

Very fascinatingly written, but fumbled the epilogue

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Mass/school shootings

ashley_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

What a ride! I can totally see how is the person who brought us the screenplays of Jurassic Park and Spider-Man; his books read like a film.  "Cold Storage" had great pacing, enjoyable characters, and a wild premise that seemed fairly rooted in real modern- day science. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence

corirarrick2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gore, and Gun violence