Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Terror by Dan Simmons

30 reviews

pboyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

pubis's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

derberner's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

jjjreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Excrement, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

nikkiacat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

theleppy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

sheryl_macca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

The Terror is a long, slow, indulgent and infuriating read. A historical arctic expedition of 2 ships find themselves stranded with depleted stores and a mystical monster ready to pick them off violently, one by one every time they leave the ships.

The men are stubborn, fool hardy and disrespectful of the ice. They were infuriating in their inability to learn, change or adapt.

The Thing, the monster of the ice was more ominous and sinister than frightening or thrilling.

The level of detail is annoyingly obsessive and the average sentence length is the longest I've ever known.

I found this arduous but I feel triumphant for getting through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

sheryl_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

900 pages never went so fast! This is a gripping story of the horrors of polar exploration - with a ‘horror’ beast thrown in. 

The research into the Franklin expedition and 19th century sailing is obvious - it’s never boring, but the detail is meticulous.  Each chapter tells a part of the story from different perspectives, all going towards building and moving the story to its inevitable end. 

Although I knew the outcome of the expedition, I couldn’t help but hope that some of the men made it through.

This would have been a 5 star read if not for one criticism - the inclusion of the ‘magical’ indigenous peoples. I appreciate the author wanted to include the belief system of the indigenous communities the sailors meet with but I didn’t feel this was a necessary part of the story. I really hoped the supernatural elements were due to the physical and psychological toll the men were under, but this wasn’t to be. 

Overall, it’s one I’d recommend and would say you shouldn’t be intimidated by the length!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

catsy2022's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

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

4.5

4.5/5 

What a journey, how can one review a book this long. 3 of my favourite characters gone but getting there was incredible. A lot of scenes I felt were perhaps not entirely necessary. I found myself stopping a lot to process the horrors in this book. Terribly sad, and yet hopeful in some points. Who knows the lengths someone will go to survive? 

Worth a read if you like horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Xenophobia