Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

118 reviews

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide attempt

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book wasn't for me and that's okay. I highly recommend checking out the content warnings before embarking on this book as it has the potential to be triggers ahoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

keen's review against another edition

Space horror, ghosts, and infections are all things I'm not particularly interested in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

opheliasdaisies's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

What an incredible sci-fi horror! It definitely gave me strong vibes reminiscent of the fantastic video games Prey and Dead Space. The book had me there right alongside the crew as they explored the ghost ship and found the horrors within.  I found it incredibly satisfying throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Abandonment, Mental illness, Self harm, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, and Suicide

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Violence, Medical trauma, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Gaslighting

shelfofunread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Confinement

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

Omg I really loved this. It was spooky and creepy, but I also feel in love with the characters and felt for them. It made me emotional at one point. Also there’s a bit of a romance and I ate it up, I loved it. This was such an interesting concept and so creepy and intriguing. I didn’t read the comparison and as I was reading I was like it’s like Titanic but in space and everyone losing it. I enjoyed reading this so much that I wanted to read it but I didn’t want it to end and I didn’t want anything to happen to the characters so I would post pone reading it. I’m so happy I read this and loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Torture

turtle_puff95's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Sooo... I really liked this. Psychological space thriller where a ragtag crew finds an abandoned cruise ship that's been missing for the last 20 years. With a hope of some fame and glory, they decide to board the ship and find something to take with them as a means of claiming their find. Things very quickly go very very wrong. They start hearing things. Seeing ghosts <Spoiler>And every last person on the ship is dead. I was kind of thinking it had to be some sort of alien virus that got inside peoples minds. Caused mass paranoia and suicide, or murderous tendencies. Everyone on that ship had killed someone or been killed because of it. Finding out near the end of the book that it was caused by a man made device, put into the ship by a competitive company trying to ruin the cruise experience for rich people, was pretty disappointing. It wasn't aliens. Just stupid corporate rich people. </Spoiler>
This ended up being a book I wouldn't read late at night. 
I didn't really care for the ending, I felt some of it was a bit cliche and like the epilogue was just a quick wrap up. This was a fun spooky book overall though if psychological space madness is something you like to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

haleybre's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm