Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Dead Space by Kali Wallace

5 reviews

strawburial's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was a lot of fun. I loved the pacing, the politics of the world were fun (and at times frustratingly realistic). I liked all of the characters too. There wasn’t anything here that was completely mind blowing but definitely a fun read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

cleot's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Religious bigotry, and War

indentured servitude

iam's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Not the most scary SciFi horror, but the genre is so sparsely populated I'm just happy to have it.
I especially liked the AI aspect, though as someone who knows a bit about the topic I personally would have liked more details about the AI part.

Hester's mental, emotional and physical trauma gave the story and intriguing point of view, though I also feel like there were some missed opportunities with her various cybernetic limbs (though they were also never forgotten which I appreciated!)

The casual queerness was also an aspect I liked, together with the various characters.

The plot was intriguing, though took a bit to get really started in my opinion. Due to the investigator aspect it felts almost more than a crime mystery than pure horror though.

While I enjoyed the plot, I didn't think the pieces fit together as smoothly as they could have been, and in my opinion there is one bit plothole.

Why did Vanguard not just leave at any point before? It clearly was capable and didn't want to do what it was set up to do.

That said, I really enjoyed the foreshadowing and plottwists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, and Cursing

terrorism, amputation, prosthetics,

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, War, and Grief

chaoticquill's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 An atmospheric mystery that suffers from a protagonist who jumps to conclusions (to be fair, it's because she isn't a trained investigator) and a fairly predictable final twist. Fun if you like closed-door whodunnits or corporate sci-fi dystopias and the challenges they provide individuals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Murder