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thatswhatshanread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I’d been wanting to read this for a long time now, but waited until after I’d taken several flights and had no more in the near future because, well, duh. This book is like your worst fears come to life, and the way Newman wrote it, it’s so scarily accurate. Not to mention, one of the main characters in this nightmare situation was named Shannon, so that only furthered how immersive the novel was to begin with.
Alas, it was an incredible book. You’ll want to read it all in sitting, if possible. I’ve always found the stories behind disaster scenarios fascinating and this one was well-researched and supported to really make you understand what it would be like in real life.
Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Cursing
Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Terminal illness
r_o_s_e's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Grief
Moderate: Medical content, Blood, and Body horror
Minor: Excrement, Violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Cancer, and Cursing
ksuazo94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, and Medical content
Minor: Terminal illness
reading_binosaur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Terminal illness
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Rating: 4/5 stars
Will and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon’s are in the air for six minutes when their plane crashes into the ocean and begins to sink—leaving Shannon’s mother and a team of rescuers to try and save the passengers before time runs out.
The synopsis of Drowning promises a pulse-pounding edge-of-your-seat action thriller, and honestly, it delivers. The tension and drama is palpable from the first page, and I found myself continually reading because I just had to know what would happen.
There is also an almost surprising amount of emotion in this book—you might expect it to deliver only tension and chaos, but I found myself tearing up more than once, and the entire ending hits like a gut punch (and then resolves in near-perfection).
In short, if you want a super fast, super exciting read this summer, this is the book you should be reaching for.
Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: action thrillers; rescue stories; ensemble casts
CW: Death/injury (including fire); child death; grief
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Minor: Terminal illness