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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
1/3 of the way through the book, I realized that had already read this book. Abandoned space ship horror done well. One of my favourite tropes. Well worth the re-read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
3.5 stars
Not really the scary sci-fi horror story I was expecting. More of a mystery ghost story that happens to take place on a derelict space ship. The plot itself seems derivative from a number of other sci-fi works (Event Horizon, Aliens, etc.), but Claire's unique perspective, in that she already sees things that aren't there, made it interesting for me. The ending is satisfactory, although the ultimate revelation of the cause of the phenomena was a bit of a let down, IMO.
Not really the scary sci-fi horror story I was expecting. More of a mystery ghost story that happens to take place on a derelict space ship. The plot itself seems derivative from a number of other sci-fi works (Event Horizon, Aliens, etc.), but Claire's unique perspective, in that she already sees things that aren't there, made it interesting for me. The ending is satisfactory, although the ultimate revelation of the cause of the phenomena was a bit of a let down, IMO.
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Aaa this book had such potential but I was honestly really disappointed by the end.
The pacing of the book was alright. There's two different stories in this book. The events that happened on the Aurora with Claire's initial team and then the revisiting of the Aurora. The initial storyline was much better than the latter but both suffer a similar issue. The events ramp up extremely quickly and seemingly out of nowhere.
Like imagine a roller coaster, you're going up and looking at the top of the roller coaster excited to go on a ride down. All of a sudden, you're going down and while the drop is exciting, it would've been better further up.
I also have so many questions still haven't been answered. This may be another case where I just missed it but doesClaire's hallucinations ever get explained? The mystery of the Aurora gets written out pretty plainly (which wasn't my favorite). The reveal just lacked a lot for me.
Everything after the mystery gets explained is just...lackluster and a bit leading up to it too.
I don't think the book is bad but it's just not as good as I was hoping it would be. Please give me more unreliable narrator. Please give me hallucination induced paranoia. Please give me more tortured pasts. Ah well, it is what it is.
The pacing of the book was alright. There's two different stories in this book. The events that happened on the Aurora with Claire's initial team and then the revisiting of the Aurora. The initial storyline was much better than the latter but both suffer a similar issue. The events ramp up extremely quickly and seemingly out of nowhere.
Like imagine a roller coaster, you're going up and looking at the top of the roller coaster excited to go on a ride down. All of a sudden, you're going down and while the drop is exciting, it would've been better further up.
I also have so many questions still haven't been answered. This may be another case where I just missed it but does
Everything after the mystery gets explained is just...lackluster and a bit leading up to it too.
I don't think the book is bad but it's just not as good as I was hoping it would be. Please give me more unreliable narrator. Please give me hallucination induced paranoia. Please give me more tortured pasts. Ah well, it is what it is.
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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:
Yes
An easy page-turner.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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
This was creepy and while not scary, definitely unnerving at times. It made me want to find and pick up some other ghost ship books. The romance sub-plot was unnecessary but I didn't mind it. I am an avid romance reader and I did like the overall outcome. This wasn't mind-blowing in any way but definitely entertaining. There were times when I felt that this may have been better suited as a movie. While I did enjoy my reading adventure with this one, I do still want to see it on the big screen.
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the big reveal at the end, but I did find this to be an enjoyable space ghost-ship story.
Overall, I would recommend this one if you want an entertaining, not high-brow sci-fi with horror elements.
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the big reveal at the end, but I did find this to be an enjoyable space ghost-ship story.
Overall, I would recommend this one if you want an entertaining, not high-brow sci-fi with horror elements.
This was the Sci-fi Horror of my dreams and I wish there were more like it.
mysterious
medium-paced