A review by tvislife
The Terror by Dan Simmons
adventurous
dark
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? Yes
4.0
A very good book, but not one I’d recommend to anyone. It follows the stories of seaman trapped in the ice as a monster and the cold slowly try to kill them all.
This book is very long and very dense. There are so many instances where the author is just naming various men and their role on the ship, the number and type of stores they have, or the different directions that people traveled looking for help. Those parts (which were pretty frequent!) were very boring and made it difficult to power through the rest of the book.
That being said, I did like this book! I thought there’d be more focus on the monster, and it would be more like a creature feature. But honestly, the scariest part of this book was the unrelenting cold and darkness. To be basically marooned in the middle of nowhere, the weather getting more and more extreme, and running out of food? Horrifying. Throw a monster into the mix? Fantastic horror novel. I just wish it was a bit more succinct.
This book is very long and very dense. There are so many instances where the author is just naming various men and their role on the ship, the number and type of stores they have, or the different directions that people traveled looking for help. Those parts (which were pretty frequent!) were very boring and made it difficult to power through the rest of the book.
That being said, I did like this book! I thought there’d be more focus on the monster, and it would be more like a creature feature. But honestly, the scariest part of this book was the unrelenting cold and darkness. To be basically marooned in the middle of nowhere, the weather getting more and more extreme, and running out of food? Horrifying. Throw a monster into the mix? Fantastic horror novel. I just wish it was a bit more succinct.