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The Terror by Dan Simmons

9 reviews

waterlogged's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Very slow but never felt too slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Death, Violence, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Torture, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

sarah984's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

There are some great scares here, and some really well done character moments. Overall though, this book is too long (so many things are repeated unnecessarily), every woman is written really badly (but hey, at least

the author makes it clear that Big Tits survived!

) and the ending was terrible. I don't regret reading it but it's hard to recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Colonisation, Torture, Gore, Toxic relationship, Classism, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Excrement, Incest, Pregnancy, and Vomit

adrizeuza's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.25

This is probably my most disappointing read of the year. I had somewhat high expectations for this book, since I tend to enjoy slow paced novels and am obsessed with exploration disasters and The Terror tv series. The biggest saving grace of this audiobook was the narrator, if not for him I would have definitely DNF'd this 4 hours in. The middle 10h were a painful sludge. Around the 22h mark it finally began to pick up. I had to listen to this on 2x speed. I was expecting to feel the dread of the crew intensify as the book progressed, but the repetitiveness of the dialogues and of the descriptions completely ruined the tension building for me.
Whilst I was listening to this LONG audiobook, all I kept thinking about was how good the tv show was. How good the adaptation decisions were. And how ?? Dan Simmon's decisions in writing The Terror were in comparison. I lost count of how many times the question "... why?" popped into my head.
Geniunely cannot understand how nobody edited this down to a 400 page book. There was no reason for this to be so long. Crozier's POVs were extremely repetitive and not that interesting after a while, most other POV's did not do much to advance either the plot or our understanding of the ships' or characters' dynamis. So... why??? Even some scenes where there was supposed to be tension were completely dried out due to the dragged out descriptions the author made. Also, shout out to the cringiest sex scenes and sexual descriptions I have EVER read in my life.
Dan Simmons clearly knows how to write. And he researched the hell out of the Franklin Expedition. But my biggest grip with this book comes down to the choices he made. The reviews about women's poor treatment are real. I cannot stress enough about how poorly and superficially women are portrayed. Especially Lady Silence, and all Inuit women who show up, are so grossly objectified BY THE NARRATOR. Another choice I have a massive problem with is that with SUCH A LONG BOOK how is there not ONE POV of an Inuit character, namely Lady Silence who is one of the driving forces of the plot?? Don't even get me started on the end of her arc.

Why would she f*** and basically marry + have children with an old rude white coloniser riddled with diseases after 700 pages of not indicating that she gave a damn about him??

 
Anyway. I can't wait to rewatch the show!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Cannibalism, Classism, Gore, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

black_october's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What a horrifying take on one of the most chilling and mysterious doomed voyages in history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Emotional abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexism, Mental illness, Infidelity, Gore, Cursing, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Cannibalism, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Homophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

cbug412's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is off the chain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Classism, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Colonisation, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

b_lownds127's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation, Cannibalism, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, and Suicide

mousey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Really terrifying read. The visuals are insane and disgusting, but in a very captivating way. Very long but it goes by fast, the mounting tension keeps you interested throughout all 700 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Sexism, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Classism, Homophobia, Incest, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Drug use, Excrement, and Gun violence

jjjreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Cannibalism, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Death, Confinement, Colonisation, Body horror, Blood, Body shaming, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Ableism, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, and Pregnancy

loquinmalie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia