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laurajones's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, and Vomit
the_escapist's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
A futuristic caving survival story (mostly horror, with a little sci-fi thrown in). Also has giant worm creature things.
The main character finds herself a deal: do a highly dangerous expedition into an unknown cave for weeks on end to get rich enough to leave her desolate planet behind. Except that now she’s in the cave she’s beginning to have second doubts about whether she can trust the person who’s guiding her.
There’s plenty of tense action, increasing horror (psychological and physical), a focus on the relationship between the caver and her handler(there’s a tiny element of eventual sorta f/f enemies to lovers here) , and a whole lot of revelations along the way.
It has nice short chapters and great pacing and is easy to read without feeling simplistic or undeveloped. There weren’t enough small details and descriptions to make it feel like the author was a seasoned caver/climber – it was more like an absence of super-specific knowledge rather than anything jarringly wrong though. But I went into this as someone who has done a fair amount of caving/climbing so it would be hard to satisfy me on that front. It didn't take me out of the story, but it's the only criticism I have of the entire book.
Overall this was so engrossing and original and such a ride from start to end. I'm keeping an eye on this author because I loved reading this so much.
The main character finds herself a deal: do a highly dangerous expedition into an unknown cave for weeks on end to get rich enough to leave her desolate planet behind. Except that now she’s in the cave she’s beginning to have second doubts about whether she can trust the person who’s guiding her.
There’s plenty of tense action, increasing horror (psychological and physical), a focus on the relationship between the caver and her handler
It has nice short chapters and great pacing and is easy to read without feeling simplistic or undeveloped. There weren’t enough small details and descriptions to make it feel like the author was a seasoned caver/climber – it was more like an absence of super-specific knowledge rather than anything jarringly wrong though. But I went into this as someone who has done a fair amount of caving/climbing so it would be hard to satisfy me on that front. It didn't take me out of the story, but it's the only criticism I have of the entire book.
Overall this was so engrossing and original and such a ride from start to end. I'm keeping an eye on this author because I loved reading this so much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Vomit
callmrsmuise's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book wasn’t my favorite, but there were pros and cons! Pro: It gets really creepy after a while which I liked. Con: I feel like there were a few loose strings (plot holes?) that are left untied in the end. Pro: Enemies to lovers trope, always a plus. Con: It’s not immediately clear that the characters are wlw and the romance happens much later in the story. Pro: Both are BIPOC and wlw!
Overall, scared lesbians = pretty entertaining.
Audiobook review: I’m not a huge fan of the way the book is read but doesn’t make or break the book for me. I did think that the author intended for one character to be butch, with a bit more bravado. The reader gave her a much softer, feminine voice. This is a nitpick.
Overall, scared lesbians = pretty entertaining.
Audiobook review: I’m not a huge fan of the way the book is read but doesn’t make or break the book for me. I did think that the author intended for one character to be butch, with a bit more bravado. The reader gave her a much softer, feminine voice. This is a nitpick.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Mental illness and Vomit
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