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ggcd1981's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Os pontos negativos que me impedem de dar uma nota maior foram: houveram dois personagens negros que o autor utilizou para discorrer sobre o racismo na Marinha americana em 1983, no entanto ambos esses personagens foram transformados em vampiros e não sobreviveram no fim do livro o que é um dos clichês racistas mais cansativos do terror; o personagem Jerry assumiu um protagonismo que não me agradou pois ele era metido a herói e o livro repetidamente fez ele vencer diversos vampiros em situações desesperadas enquanto seus companheiros se mostraram bastante incompetentes em matar sequer um vampiro. Não gostei de que toda tripulação inclusive personagens relevantes foram retratados como incompetentes e até covardes para que Jerry fosse destacado como herói; os diálogos em alguns momentos do livro foram fracos o que foi acentuado por uma narração fraca do audiolivro por Shawn Compton; por último gostaria que os autores tivessem aprofundado a lore que foi apenas mencionada no texto.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, and Homophobia
nocturnalbookworm's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
This pulled me in from the beginning and kept me guessing throughout. It was a face paced and bloody story that did an excellent job of setting the claustrophobic scene. This book takes place on a submarine and Kent and Kaufmann did an excellent job of setting the stage and emphasizing the feeling of being trapped. Though the reader can pretty much figure out its vampires early on (so much so I wouldn't even consider it a spoiler), the reveal to the characters is slow and makes sense. I appreciate that the crew of the Roanoke seemed to not just blindly accept it and it took time to really come to that conclusion. It felt like there was an appropriate level of denial and it felt realistic, which I like in a supernatural creature story. The tension in the book was kept up from the very moment of chapter 1. The only thing that didn't make this a 5 star read for me was that a couple of the "surviving" moments of some characters felt a little too lucky. However, I will say that this book doesn't hold back on killing characters you fully expect (and hope) will make it to the end. Even with those moments, I was still left scared that some characters I had grown attached to wouldn't make it. As well the characters that I didn't care for that ended up dying I felt like there was justice in their deaths and I found them very satisfying when they happened.
This book was provided to me for free via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book was provided to me for free via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Minor: Sexual content
lisa_a_alves's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence