Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

59 reviews

horrorandscience's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Suicide, and Blood

bkwrm1317's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Middle of the line read for me. While I enjoyed the pacing and felt like this was a quick page turner, I didn't feel like the plot lines really resolved themselves/the sci fi space horror element really did enough for me. 

For example, the extraterrestrial sentience just... didn't matter in the end? There's no resolution for our protagonist with her family really? The weird moments of love interest don't turn into anything, even a major plot point?

This one was just not as good as the first novel, but I know the sophomore novel can be really challenging, and have a lot of respect for S.A. Barnes and the craft! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

llyren's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

kennabrooke's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

It kept me locked in for the entirety of the book, however the stakes they set up during the book were not the same stakes the book ended with. I feel like the ending/epilogue did not match the writing and tenseness of the rest of the book, in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

emilyatoz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, and Violence

assembledbats's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

adrilynn21's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

shellanor_rigby's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

shedevls's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Dementia, and Alcohol

mice_are_nice's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcohol