Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

9 reviews

lefthandlou's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Decently spooky book with an interesting twist and consistent throughout. I liked that this didn’t have the usual drop off in believability 3/4 through that so many horror novels have. The plot was steady and holds up. I found Claire’s character to be very irritating, however, and the “I’m broken and dangerous” schtick to be tiresome. Ultimately satisfied with this read, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

2pro2know's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, and Alcoholism

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

The idea of this book was good - sort of a Titanic meets Event Horizon thing where the main characters find a ghost ship that messes with their perceptions - but the execution did not work for me. The MC's specific non ghost ship related mental health problems were all over the place, but not in a way that was interesting or compelling. The dual timeline thing that only happens for like half the book did not work. The pacing was so slow until about the 70% mark. Most of the actually interesting things happen off screen. The thing that is causing the problem is immediately obvious but no one figures it out. The characters are very vague stereotypes and the romance is deeply stupid. For some reason the same things that were just shown are reiterated over and over like you might not notice (like the character will see a gold faucet and be like "wow! Ostentatious displays of wealth bad!" every single time). I did like the way they solved the problem at the end though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Vomit

keenanmaree's review against another edition

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

4.75

This book is truly scary (ghosts IN SPACE?!?) and I was so invested in the characters and figuring out what was going on. Such a fun ride! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body horror, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Classism, Confinement, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Child death

mar'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

3.0

space ghosts huh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Violence, Confinement, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death, Sexism, and Child death

ninjamuse's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Confinement and Animal death

litalia's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

Most of the book, where they were exploring the Aurora, was fantastic. Once the mystery started to be revealed and the action ramped up, I felt it lost a lot of what made it so appealing earlier. 

The audiobook reader is fantastic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death and Child death

albon's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Body horror, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death