Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

14 reviews

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book wasn't for me and that's okay. I highly recommend checking out the content warnings before embarking on this book as it has the potential to be triggers ahoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

roses_posy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Violence, Mental illness, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Classism, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

skylarkblue1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Just read this book. If you’re ok with the content warnings, just go read this. It’s a wonderful representation of mental health and how it gets demonised alongside being the scariest read I’ve ever read!

Claire Kovalik is on her last space mission of her employment. After she goes back to earth, this is it for her dream life - floating in space away from people surrounded by the vast emptiness of space. But right as they’re about to meet up with the ship to go home, a distress signal comes through on the old emergency line - it’s the first (and last) luxury cruise liner that mysteriously vanished over 20 years ago.

This book was so masterfully written, I’m shocked to learn it’s the author’s debut in horror! The tension and mystery were gripping and somehow even managed to write jumpscares, something I didn’t think was even possible in books!

The characters were really good, the MC’s confusion and unreliableness was interesting and despite the narrative being all over the place from them it was coherent enough to understand and follow along just fine. The other characters were actually quite well rounded despite how many there are and how short of a time some of them had.

If you like Alien, Dead Space or horror/sci-fi in general, this is a must read. It’s honestly the best in the sci-fi horror genre I’ve seen out of any game/movie/book so far!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, and Blood

Moderate: Classism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

knottedsword's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really enjoyed this one. I don't typically love first person writing style, but in this case it actually worked really well to build the unreliable narrator aspect. The suspense and description of some of the haunting visuals were very strong. I love the concept of this story. But I almost wish there was more blatant horror like I was expecting, but I liked the building tension and spookiness, and I genuinely didn't know how it would play out towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kelliea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Such a gruesome, disturbing, creepy fun read! Loved the space horror 😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, Classism, Death, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicide, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol

emilycruz1016's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death, Vomit, Cursing, Medical trauma, and Torture

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

The idea of this book was good - sort of a Titanic meets Event Horizon thing where the main characters find a ghost ship that messes with their perceptions - but the execution did not work for me. The MC's specific non ghost ship related mental health problems were all over the place, but not in a way that was interesting or compelling. The dual timeline thing that only happens for like half the book did not work. The pacing was so slow until about the 70% mark. Most of the actually interesting things happen off screen. The thing that is causing the problem is immediately obvious but no one figures it out. The characters are very vague stereotypes and the romance is deeply stupid. For some reason the same things that were just shown are reiterated over and over like you might not notice (like the character will see a gold faucet and be like "wow! Ostentatious displays of wealth bad!" every single time). I did like the way they solved the problem at the end though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Vomit

gracklewarp's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Classism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Drug abuse

Minor: Confinement and Child death

cjblates's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Body horror, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, and Grief

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Terrifying, suspenseful and full of surprises. I loved this because it not only had everything it promised, but it also gave me more! I was expecting a salvage crew and a scary mission, but this went way beyond expectations. Highly recommend if you have a hard time always knowing endings, and anticipating the next plot line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence