Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Cold Storage by David Koepp

22 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

4.25

Very fascinatingly written, but fumbled the epilogue

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Mass/school shootings

ashley_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

What a ride! I can totally see how is the person who brought us the screenplays of Jurassic Park and Spider-Man; his books read like a film.  "Cold Storage" had great pacing, enjoyable characters, and a wild premise that seemed fairly rooted in real modern- day science. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence

corirarrick2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-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 and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gore, and Gun violence

thehhugg's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

What a fun ride. This was not high brow literature, but it wasn't trying to be; it was a fun, funny, sometimes gross romp.

I love unique twists on the zombie genre, and this was a good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Medical content

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide

Minor: Confinement

the_great_gabsby's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

An amazing, page-turning thriller. Koepp uses cinematic story telling to keep you on the edge of your seat - reading the book feels like watching a block buster movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

mothercoconuts's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

I wanted to like this so badly… Plot was unique and scary, and I loved the explanation of the fungus “from its own perspective” - super cool. 

BUT. For me personally, little bits of humor and the “quirky” characters took me completely out of the creepiness and tense feelings of the story and just made it okay. Soooo disappointing 😞 i also really didn’t care about the 2 main characters and 3rd “main” character either. Not likable to me, and I feel like I really didn’t even know the woman at all. 

**Audiobook: Also, Rupert Friend has a great voice for narration but DANG he talks fast!! I had to slow down my playback speed twice to keep up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Minor: Gun violence

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

ri_lei_gh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Vomit

juliebean666's review against another edition

adventurous funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Vomit