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Snow Drowned

Jennifer D. Lyle

3.53 AVERAGE

rebekahed17's review

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

riverofbastet's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

melbsreads's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content warnings: violence, blood, gore, body horror, murder, cult activity, animal death, mentions of cancer, death of a grandparent (in the past)

The first half of this was, I'm not gonna lie, kind of dull. Yes, the protagonist stumbles across a brutal occult murder. But that kind of fades into the background as she tries to find cover in a winter storm. But the second half? Gore. Mayhem. Betrayal. Nonstop pandemonium. I definitely didn't see the ending coming, that's for sure.

nworbjen's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

honeyandnettle's review

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I enjoyed it. I love a good horror and 'there's something in the snow' is a great concept. I read it in just about one sitting but the last few chapters lost me a bit. The reveal at the end felt rushed and the epiloge made sense given the last chapter but raised more questions than it answered. Don't regret reading it but wouldn't recommend to a friend.

Writing was great, just the plot at the end seemed rushed.

mia_inthepm's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I am always a sucker for

cosmic

horror, and there's some very interesting ideas here based on that, but I'm also a bit disappointed. I think the idea of snowy

eldritch

horror is one I've never seen before and one I've still not seen. Because the snow here is just set dressing

for a typical cosmic horror plot inspired by The Shadow Over Innsmouth

. And I liked where the story went, it was a very good spin on its tropes! But the snow was instrinsic to none of it and I can't forgive that letdown after setting up the prologue and first chapters as the snow being the horror.

Content Warnings

oliviagraces725's review

3.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This had such a cool presence, but I felt like the majority of the book was leading up to something that just never really hit.

Why do we never find out more about the religion? The most we find out is about the sacrificial rituals and the sigils. Especially with the epilogue, I would've loved to learn more about the god they're worshipping.

Also, Joseph's "character arc", if you can even call it that, makes no sense. At all. Actually, he could be completely scrapped and the book could still work.

The epilogue was the most interesting part of the book for me! I would've loved to see Grace having to tackle being the leader of a religious cult that she had no interest in leading.

jyrgen_windcaller's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cassie_roy's review

3.5

dark medium-paced

fakestginger's review

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

there were things i liked about the book—a spooky island off the east coast is suuuuch a good setting—but it was interrupted by a lot i didn’t care so much for. i did not love the writing style and found some of the choices of the characters to be confusingly motivated

a sequel set on a cruise ship though sounds veryyy intriguing

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