Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

64 reviews

zias's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror and Self harm

xdawnsii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. I love space and I love spooky, so the premise of this book was super appealing to me. It has early 2000’s haunted house movie vibes, but in space.
I thought the first half of the book was excellent. The second half was okay, but I definitely enjoyed the first half more.
This book wasn’t perfect, but I still had fun reading it! I still would recommend if you’re looking for something spook!
Some things I didn’t like so much, containing light spoilers:

Spoiler

A handful of times, I caught myself thinking about how much I just didn’t like the main character. I was also pretty disappointed that the best part of the first half of the book (the tense, mysterious escalation of what was happening on the Aurora) was just written off in the second half of the book with “I don’t remember”. I feel like there was so much potential!

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

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

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

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

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

darquedreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Let me begin by saying that I love horror. I grew up on Goosebumps. I am an avid hard horror gamer, and I've loved horror movies since I can remember.  I also love horror movies set in space, because, what's more terrifying than having something happen to you on a spaceship, in the middle of nowhere, that you can't escape? (Looking at you Ripley)

I love the thrill of the chills, but sometimes feeling those chills from books seems near impossible. Dead Silence not only ticked off the horror box, and the space setting box, but it also delivered on the thrills and chills. This is the first time I have really experienced those wickedly wonderful creepy feels while reading a horror novel. 

Barnes did an incredible job weaving in so many layers to the story and the characters. The details were vivid. The fear felt real, and the psychological mind games were quite intriguing. I got Ghosts of Mars, Ghost Ship, and Event Horizon vibes from the story, as well heavy influences from the story of the Titanic. So, needless to say, it was not only chilling, thrilling, and gripping, but it had plenty of emotional moments to really fly it home.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

theebster's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, and Medical content

justinecm's review against another edition

dark sad tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Gore, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts