A review by maggiedphd
The Terror by Dan Simmons

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

It’s a slog, literally of 700 pages, and figuratively, through the arctic. After being frozen in ice for years, the crews of the ships Terror and Erebus must decide how to survive. Either stay aboard to starve or battle the elements, and a supernatural predator, to try to find a way home. 

Based on a the true story of the lost ships, this book takes time on the details and difficultly of life on the ice. Those chapters are terrifying in their detail.

3.5 stars for unnecessary length. Still not sure how I feel about the one female character, Lady Silence. 
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