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The Seep by Chana Porter

17 reviews

sektaufeis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? Yes

2.5

to cite another review:

"… very odd really enjoyed the beginning but went off the rails. But still I would take messy gay sci fi over better heteronormative misogynistic sci fi "

I wasn't doing really good while reading this and the story is quite depressing. There are a lot of good ideas but for me these did not connect. After a strong start the story got more messy by the chapter and the ending seemed kind of unfinished. I had hoped for more world building and deeper character development.

Spoiler

How the seep talked to the people was really cringy for me. Or maybe just not my kind of humor?

Kind of sad cause I was excited about a trans* protagonist without trans being THE problem - which was the case - but the story did not catch me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia and Sexual content

aely's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? Yes

3.25

It was a good book, I’ll give it that. It made me reflect on my own life, which is always a good thing, in my opinion. I just didn’t care all that much about the characters, other than the boy and he didn’t end up playing that much of a role in the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dystopia and living in the present. I didn’t connect much with the characters, but I didn’t dislike any of them either. It was a good book, just not a great one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual content, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body horror, Medical content, Transphobia, War, Death, and Dysphoria

remimicha's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical content, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Body horror

mosshaunt's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

loved the worldbuilding, but a lot of the plot felt like it could've been condensed down into a short story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Sexual content, and Suicide

jazhandz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

firstknight's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism, Excrement, Death of parent, and Death

asexualandriod's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content

The content warnings for drug use and addiction are in reference to the alien lifeforms that are present in the book. They are microscopic, in things like food and water, and their elevated presence exhibits similar symptoms to highs from drugs. The narrative surrounding the aliens is often framed as an addiction.

cheye13's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, and Drug abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Racism, Medical content, and Body horror

The Seep is spoken of as a drug/narcotic.

bookbunnie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

Read this book if you like your existential crises to be balanced out with sentient pamphlet humor, are interested in the unexpected downsides of a utopia, and are stubbornly holding steadfast to pain. 

Don’t read this book if themes of grief are uninteresting to you, or you don’t like talking bears. 

This is a quick read that made me cry and laugh in turns. I love the tempered optimism of an attainable utopia that still promises personal growth, of a benevolent creature that may know what’s technically best for us but might not always get it right. If speculative fiction is your thing, I would highly suggest this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief

Moderate: Cultural appropriation

Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

thetenthmuse's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

An addictive page turner with digestible prose— The Seep constructs a glittering utopia that resembles a mixup of both “Brave New World” and “Annihilation”.

I’d be wrong to say I did not enjoy this book— I did! It was easy going, peppered with just enough touch of surreality as I enjoy. The overall plot was a tad weak, there weren’t really any stakes at all, but that aided in the book’s fast-paced reading. I wasn’t so much a fan of the characters, bar Trina, and all the character’s dialogue felt very jilted — which given the context of the whole alien stuff, I understand, but outside of that it just doesn’t read well to me.

Pick up for a fun, trippy blitz through a post-apocalyptic alien hive mind! I feel like lots of people would enjoy this book as a sort of hidden gem of the eco-alien, surreal horror-ish genre. I just wish I was one of those!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia