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The Terror by Dan Simmons

47 reviews

onlyskay's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Classism

avesornithes's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Classism

aurore_amour's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I never read written reviews but it has been an extremely long time since I’ve enjoyed reading a book this much and just had to for this one. 

The Terror is filled with beautiful misery from nearly start to finish and I loved reading every second of it. I found it hard to put this book down! Just the sheer amount of horrible things these men go through just to survive in harsh arctic conditions while also being hunted by a creature on the ice is devastating and yet so thrilling to read. Additionally, this book is very well-written and provides such vivid, descriptive imagery that you can’t help but to physically recoil reading some of it.

I’m officially claiming this as one of, if not THE, best books I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

isabelh0410's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.0

So, let me start off by saying that this book was decent. Incredibly well researched - I learned so much while reading this. The anxiety I felt when Sir John Franklin was trapped under the ice, the tension as Thomas Blanky flung himself to masts to escape the monster, the disbelief at Lieutenant John Irving's death - these were all very real emotions. And yet, Dan Simmons had to do what he appears to always do: oversexualizes women and girls. I've been in the process of finishing "The Rise of Endymion" and it's taking me years to read because of this same issue. Lady Silence is constantly belittled because of her "heathen" ways, yet she is sexualized at every page. Her body is always described in detail despite the reader's and character's uncertainty of her age. Her sexual encounters are always considered and she's constantly called a "wench." And yet! And yet the novel ends with her marrying Captain Francis Crozier, who despised her the entire novel! The ending felt rushed and ill-thought out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

First thing, this is a long one! I’ve had this on my shelf for years and when they made a tv adaptation I had to read it. I finally picked it up this winter and while I enjoyed it, this book was a commitment. 

I honestly feel, this was a little too long but understand why it was and appreciate the historical accuracy. This is an excellent read for those looking for historical fiction but with a touch of horror and the supernatural. 

A fictional twist on the arctic expedition of the Terror and Erebus! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

c_alexander's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

Minor: Religious bigotry

aliceallenaz's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

A HUGE book! Not to be undertaken lightly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Not a book for the light hearted! There is a lot of technical details regarding how the ships were built; a lot of time describing cold, ice, icebergs. This is mostly about the age of the British Empire, with very poor relations with anyone not of British pedigree.

coethedragon's review against another edition

dark 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? No

1.0

worst book ever horribly racist, sexist, and homophobic and just painfully slow and boring on top of everything else. there was no fucking need to go into details of every woman's [CENSORED] and [CENSORED]. no one wants to read that shit 

"But when I count the scars, there's a moment of truth, there wouldn't be [AMC's The Terror] if there hadn't been [The Terror by Dan Simmons]."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy, and War

gvild's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

After watching the series on Netflix, I knew I had to read the book. I think this may have been the fastest I’ve ever read a 700+ book - I couldn’t put it down. The intensity of the impending doom with the added mystery of the thing on the ice made this novel gripping. Though a fair warning; Simmons is a stereotypical male author when it comes to writing about women.

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Content Warnings

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