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keen's review
dark
mysterious
sad
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Blood
Minor: Medical trauma and Sexual content
newtnoble's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Ideas were interesting and I enjoyed the ending, but there was not a deep enough exploration of the characters and their relationships, and the only one we focused on revolved around constant sexual encounters in wild situations, which I think made some of the horror and themes fall flat for me. Many plot events felt over-explained, and I found it dragged because of that as well.
reaperreads's review against another edition
3.0
A little greater than three stars, but not quite four.
I really like the premise of this: the personification of anxiety as a giant brain monster attacking you in the spaces where you should feel safe or at home. I thought it would be campy in the bad way, but it was campy in the good way. The writing felt very genuine too, which balanced out the absurdity of everything that happened. I think roughly the last third of this novella was my favorite because the pacing all at once felt like it accelerated and had room to breathe, which was potentially helped by the solid integration of exposition into the climax.
The first chunk of this book, however, was very tough to imagine. I'm glad Hailey Piper provided a layout of the ship at the beginning cuz I would have been lost without it. I loved the addition of psionic abilities because I'm a huge fan of Octavia Butler's Patternist series, but the usage of color to describe when psionics were being used was, while cool, not enough for me to grasp what was going on.
All in all, though, this novella had some great scares and some brilliant world-building, the latter of which I can imagine was tough to do in such a small page span. Like, the wraiths? C'mon. What a cool hecking concept. Can't WAIT to read more from Hailey Piper. I just checked out two of her other books from the library, so hopefully I'll be able to get to those soon.
For fans of: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark, Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler, Providence by Max Berry, and probably anything by James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)
I really like the premise of this: the personification of anxiety as a giant brain monster attacking you in the spaces where you should feel safe or at home. I thought it would be campy in the bad way, but it was campy in the good way. The writing felt very genuine too, which balanced out the absurdity of everything that happened. I think roughly the last third of this novella was my favorite because the pacing all at once felt like it accelerated and had room to breathe, which was potentially helped by the solid integration of exposition into the climax.
The first chunk of this book, however, was very tough to imagine. I'm glad Hailey Piper provided a layout of the ship at the beginning cuz I would have been lost without it. I loved the addition of psionic abilities because I'm a huge fan of Octavia Butler's Patternist series, but the usage of color to describe when psionics were being used was, while cool, not enough for me to grasp what was going on.
All in all, though, this novella had some great scares and some brilliant world-building, the latter of which I can imagine was tough to do in such a small page span. Like, the wraiths? C'mon. What a cool hecking concept. Can't WAIT to read more from Hailey Piper. I just checked out two of her other books from the library, so hopefully I'll be able to get to those soon.
For fans of: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark, Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler, Providence by Max Berry, and probably anything by James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)
rsksmith's review against another edition
5.0
Unsettling, visceral, and truly lingering imagery that will stick with me for a while.
hollyn_middle's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
bombshele's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
sandreline's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This would make a killer graphic novel.
Listened as an audiobook and the narrator was fab.
Listened as an audiobook and the narrator was fab.
ivyinthepages's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Rating: 3.86 leaves out of 5
-Characters: 4/5
-Cover: 4/5
-Story: 3.5/5
-Writing: 5/5
Genre: Horror, LGBT, Scifi
-Horror: .5/5
-LGBT: 5/5
-Scifi: 5/5
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yeah
Hated|Disliked|Meh|It Was Okay|Liked|Really Liked|Loved
Your Mine is a Terrible Thing is basically the concept of being mentally ill done in a scifi setting. I think it was done well but I wasn't really sucked in. Being along in space or the sea is scary and that is the only thing really horrifying about the book. It isn't a bad book it is a good little read to get you through a project or some activity.
-Characters: 4/5
-Cover: 4/5
-Story: 3.5/5
-Writing: 5/5
Genre: Horror, LGBT, Scifi
-Horror: .5/5
-LGBT: 5/5
-Scifi: 5/5
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yeah
Hated|Disliked|Meh|It Was Okay|Liked|Really Liked|Loved
Your Mine is a Terrible Thing is basically the concept of being mentally ill done in a scifi setting. I think it was done well but I wasn't really sucked in. Being along in space or the sea is scary and that is the only thing really horrifying about the book. It isn't a bad book it is a good little read to get you through a project or some activity.
thatgreybicryptid's review
dark
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
2.5
This book has a fantastic concept but failed to deliver.