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A review by pfracassi
The Terror by Dan Simmons
4.0
This odd and twisting and l-o-n-g narrative about an early failed expedition to the North Pole is pretty engaging. You've got iced-in ships, starving crew members, horrific elements of nature. The second half of the book is all about the Terror itself, a demonic over-sized Polar Bear that goes Cujo on the crews of the trapped ships.
That said, the book is too long and I think near the end old Dan Simmons kinda lost the thread of what he was up to. So the last hundred pages or so read a bit like falling leaves on a wet day, not a lot of fun to pick up, clean up or play with.
Still, I gave it Four Stars because it held up well through...oh...say 8/10 of the book. And parts of the story are really fun to sink into, and I was lost in the arctic on quite a few nights, and that's a fun accomplishment for Mr. Simmons and should be rewarded.
That said, the book is too long and I think near the end old Dan Simmons kinda lost the thread of what he was up to. So the last hundred pages or so read a bit like falling leaves on a wet day, not a lot of fun to pick up, clean up or play with.
Still, I gave it Four Stars because it held up well through...oh...say 8/10 of the book. And parts of the story are really fun to sink into, and I was lost in the arctic on quite a few nights, and that's a fun accomplishment for Mr. Simmons and should be rewarded.