Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

174 reviews

woodsybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

maryp20's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I unfortunately had the major plot point spoiled for me so I knew what was gonna happen just not exactly how it panned out so that definitely did not help me enjoy the book.
It was not bad by any means and I did really enjoy the story. I honestly could have done without the romance arc with Kane but it was at least not the focal point of the story. I debated with myself a lot on whether or not Claire was a reliable narrator or not especially with the jumps from the past to present and the memory loss which I did enjoy in this setting. I just wished the story had moved a little faster or had some more action to it,

and I hate to say it but I wish we got to see more of what happened on the ship before Claire left and what ended up happening to Lourdes and Ny 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Gun violence

louisallama's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked the first half of the book before the mystery was revealed better than the last portion. It had so much tension and mystery, not knowing what's real with Claire as the unintentionally unreliable narrator, and with the mystery of what happened to the ship and passengers and why. I still liked the back portion of the book (

fuck Verox and all companies, am I right?)

but the stakes seemed lower once we knew the answer to the mystery and

Claire kept having hallucinations even when the infrasound wasn't affecting her. Though I will say telling this story from the perspective of someone who already struggled to distinguish between reality made for an interesting read.

Overall quite enjoyable, although struggled to keep me as hooked after the mystery was solved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

a_dorian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

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

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Spice Rating: 🫑 / 5 🌶️

Dead Silence takes sci-fi horror to a new level as it merges the story of the Titanic with the terror of Stephen King's The Shining. 

Claire prefers being out in space to being confined to Earth. To Claire's dismay, this is her last mission before her employer terminates her. The rest of her crew is ready to go home after long months in space, but when they receive a distress signal from the famous Aurora, a ship that was wrecked 20 years ago and never found, Claire and her crew decide they just have to check it out to see what they can find. This salvage could set them up for life, and they would be famous for just discovering the Aurora. But when the crew boards the Aurora, they find things, and people, they didn't expect to. Soon they are unsure how to determine what is reality and how they're going to get off this ship alive. 

This book is addictive, to say the least. S.A. Barnes takes readers on a wild ride as the crew discovers horrors they never thought possible on the Titanic-esque spacecraft. Claire makes an excellent main character as readers struggle to decipher which parts of her story are true. 

From the great twists to the many jump scares, Dead Silence is sure to satisfy all fans of sci-fi, horror, mysteries, and thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Alcohol

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