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trippyotter's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
5.0
I'm such a sucker for adaptations, and this one exceeds all expectations!
Though the story is inspired by Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie), all the modern twists and turns in the plot take it to another level.
I can't wait to see what Diana writes next!
Though the story is inspired by Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie), all the modern twists and turns in the plot take it to another level.
I can't wait to see what Diana writes next!
Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Death, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content
reading_under_covers's review against another edition
2.0
After her best friend steals her boyfriend, Jade is more than ready to set sail on the Campus on Board ship where she’ll be studying and traveling for four months. However, when her backstabbing friend and ex show up, things take a turn for the worse as students start dropping like flies.
LYING IN THE DEEP by Diana Urban is a twisty, locked-room, destination thriller with a wide cast of characters.
I find it hard to review this one because I really enjoyed the first quarter of this book - it had everything I love in a YA thriller, and was just an overall fun time!
But things took a nosedive starting with the way the characters behaved and were portrayed. They’re meant to be college-aged, but are extremely immature and naive, which both annoyed me and made me question a million of their actions.
On that point, I love when characters go all armchair detective on me, but our main girl, Jade, seemed to go a little over the top and had me scratching my head at where any of her sense of logic was coming from.
The twist was fun, until it also felt a bit outlandish and forced…
I’m definitely an outlier here, but if you pick this one up, prepare for a wild ride either way.
Thanks to NetGalley, Penguin, and Razorbill for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Publication Date: May 2
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Addiction
beckyremillard's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Jade is a college student boarding a semester at sea (Campus On Board/CoB). She’s excited to see the world and get some time away, until she sees her ex-best friend and ex-boyfriend also boarding the ship.
The first half of this book and the second half feel like completely different stories, held together by the same annoying main character. She stabs someone and is like “oops, sorry, didn’t mean to, I’ll go to therapy”?! How can anyone stand to be around her? The first half is incredibly whiny and I barely got through it. Obviously I knew what was coming from the description and the prologue, but it was hard to get through.
Things started picking up in the second half and everyone was a suspect of something. Once I got to that point I read it in one sitting because it was captivating (albeit not the most believable). It was just brutal getting there.
Also, everyone sounds like high school students. I know is classified as YA, but they sounded like 16 year olds, not 20ish year olds who had been in college for a bit already.
I will say the ending was interesting, although I think that an epilogue could have worked here to wrap up one final loose end.
Thank you to NetGalley and PenguinTeen for a chance to read and review this book.
The first half of this book and the second half feel like completely different stories, held together by the same annoying main character.
Things started picking up in the second half and everyone was a suspect of something. Once I got to that point I read it in one sitting because it was captivating (albeit not the most believable). It was just brutal getting there.
Also, everyone sounds like high school students. I know is classified as YA, but they sounded like 16 year olds, not 20ish year olds who had been in college for a bit already.
I will say the ending was interesting, although I think that an epilogue could have worked here to wrap up one final loose end.
Thank you to NetGalley and PenguinTeen for a chance to read and review this book.
Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent
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