Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

99 reviews

lindzboots's review against another edition

Too many triggers. Hallucinations, memory loss, psychosis, institutionalization. Seemed well-written though; if these weren't dealbreakers for me I'd have liked to have kept reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death

Hallucinations, memory loss

marbleharbor's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

I didn't like the audiobook as much, but still very good. Just the right amount of spooky and I enjoyed the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

I wasn't entirely sure about what conent warnings to put on this. Read with caution.

enc3336's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I couldn’t put this book down! 

The Shining is one of my all time favorite horror books and s this took some of the same concepts but mashed it with Titanic/Poseidon and threw it all in space. 

Could it have been scarier? Maybe, but there is something so unnerving about people causing the issues and it not being fully supernatural. The lengths companies will go to, to be on top and what they’re willing to do if anyone gets in the way is something you can see happening in real life (and I can tell you we as humans have seen this before done). 

As the lone survivor of two major events and not knowing that the people who are protecting you and helping to raise you after all your family is gone, is actually just using you as good publicity. Claire must try and piece together what is real and what isn’t in order to not only save herself but any other survivors as well as expose the company she thought was on her side. When you can’t tell the difference between what is and isn’t real, in a fit for your life, what lengths would you go to in order to survive?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nancydrew023's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

This was SO scary! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Do not read at night if you’re alone

hellavaral's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

ladylothlorien's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

This book was AMAZING. It was described as "Titanic meets Event Horizon" and I think that is a better description than "Titanic meets The Shining" although there are definitely elements of The Shining present. I appreciated that the narrative device of the split timelines didn't last for the entire book (it's a good device, but it does sort of "spoil" the fate of the character(s) who are telling the story if it lasts for the whole book). I also appreciated that there are some unanswered questions, but all the crucial questions are answered. And some of the unanswered questions are related to character development. The way that the tension was ramped up slowly but surely throughout was so good. It became harder to put down the book the closer I was to the end, in part because I wanted to know what happened but in large part because the tension and terror were so constant that it was like being rapids leading to a waterfall. As for the "why is this happening" solution:

part of me was a little disappointed at first that it wasn't a supernatural/paranormal/alien reason that everyone was driven crazy. But the more that I thought about it, the more I was okay with it. Even if it was a literal device, it's more realistic and something that could (and probably has) happen in real life. Which is so terrifying to think: the human brain being thrown into chaos but trying to make sense of it with hallucinations, paranoia, and aggression.

I will definitely read this one again and the author is now an insta-buy for me (which is great timing since she recently released a new book).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic

I don't think it's a spoiler to say that everyone on board the ship lost their minds and hurt themselves and/or others. And the main character writes in first person about her experiences, both on the ship and as a child during an outbreak of an illness. I didn't find the descriptions of dead bodies and injuries to be excessively graphic, but it's disturbing to think about/picture in your mind so I've called it graphic.

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

wandering_not_lost's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

Solid 4 stars, for all that I called the main baddie early on.  

The book structure is odd, as the interesting part (them exploring the ship, figuring out what's going on, etc.) is mostly the first half of the book and even that is broken up by "now" sections where Clair is telling the story to someone else.  That slows things down, and then things slow down even further around 60% through when

Claire is sent back to the ship alongside a corporate security team.  Getting back there and getting back to figuring out what's going on just seems to drag, and that hiccup in pacing is why 4 starts rather than 5, really.

 

Other than that, though, the book was absorbing and creepy, to the point where I had to stop reading it before bed, and it also had a surprising amount of heart to it - it's a tragedy, but the affection of the crew for each other holds strong.  There's even a somewhat happy ending - it's messy and bloody and gross in parts, but it's not entirely hopeless, and in the end

I even liked how Claire's ghost-seeing and the tragedy she'd been through with it helped her on the Aurora, how the ghosts sometimes helped her, and how in the end she continues to live with it all.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

han_pear's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

I absolutely LOVED this book, I was hooked from the first chapter and I was telling everyone I knew about it, I even told a customer at work about (I work at a doggie daycare lol). The story is interesting and I think the direction the author went in was interesting regarding Claire. I LOVED the twist. In all honesty I put this book down for a bit because of life and work, but the twist sucked me right back in and held on tight until I was done. I was a bit disappointed the book ended where it did, and honestly I would devour an entire book about the Aurora’s voyage, the ship is so fascinating. HUGE RECOMMEND!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, and Alcohol