Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Terror by Dan Simmons

65 reviews

ashlee31's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I loved it up until the last 100 pages. The ending wasn’t anything i expected but not in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

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

nickjonesreadsbooks's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

Historical fiction with a paranormal element? Sign me up! This book was mysterious, richly developed, and vivid in its gore. I feel like I was on that expedition. However, I wasn't expecting a book on polar exploration to have 2-3 graphic s*x scenes. I had to deduct a half star for that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

maggiedphd's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

It’s a slog, literally of 700 pages, and figuratively, through the arctic. After being frozen in ice for years, the crews of the ships Terror and Erebus must decide how to survive. Either stay aboard to starve or battle the elements, and a supernatural predator, to try to find a way home. 

Based on a the true story of the lost ships, this book takes time on the details and difficultly of life on the ice. Those chapters are terrifying in their detail.

3.5 stars for unnecessary length. Still not sure how I feel about the one female character, Lady Silence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Torture

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

elle_g's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Cannibalism

Minor: Torture