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torismazarine's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Suicide, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Dementia, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Self harm, Ableism, Murder, and Death
Minor: War
There's a lot of talk about religion and faith, the characters argue a lot about it (I'm paraphrasing here, but at some point a charachter says religious people are stupid, others have very strong faith, and for some of them it's fluctuating throughout).mandolin77's review
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Child death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Violence, and Mental illness
maddie_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
First part grabbed my attention with the setting up of the mystery but I felt like the second half really dragged and the payoff wasn't as satisfying as the build-up made it seem like it would be.
Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
pocket's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicide, Death, and Gun violence
Moderate: Child death
novelshire's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The main character, Harold, is an accomplished man, a former doctor, a scientist and something of an adventurer. He is recruited by a mysterious organisation, along with experts from other fields, to investigate an enormous mountain that has suddenly appeared in the middle of the ocean. But all is not as it seems, time runs strangely, there are ghostly apparitions, and former expedition members can seemingly tell the future.
What follows is a tense, gripping story; part psychological thriller, part speculative science fiction.
The letters reveal Harold's state of mind, the paranoia of all of the party, and the many secrets and mysteries surrounding the mountain. The style of the story means that some of the characters aren't hugely developed but, that also adds to the sense of isolation and suspicion felt by Harold.
As with all mysteries, the reveal is an important factor in overall reading satisfaction. I thought the final twists and turns were interesting but maybe not as much as the rest of the book - I felt like it either needed to be more vague or explored in more depth.
Overall, I think this is a book where the journey was more important than the destination and I enjoyed the gripping journey up this mysterious, mind-bending mountain.
Thank you to Harper Voyager for providing a netgalley review copy
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Grief