Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

79 reviews

zghutcheson01's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed the descriptions of injury which were enough to impress the danger and make me uneasy but didn't seem gratuitous. If you're a biologist, this book also has a semi-accurate (though it feels real) portrayal of how competitive the academic biology environment is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

miastr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Ableism and Medical content

Minor: Biphobia

thothsdumbson's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a little slow, but I didn't mind it as I enjoyed the cast of characters enough for it to not really be an issue for me. Definitely a Sci-Fi horror worth reading if you're alright with a bit of gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny and Ableism

markedwithanm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Gaslighting

ches2496's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A satisfying sy-fi thriller. I loved how the author did a deep-dive (pardon the pun) into mermaid biology. The author also did a good job of making even the unlikable characters sympathetic. Definitely going to look for more by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Confinement, and Biphobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Drug use

luciamarier's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Sexism

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gun violence, Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

abyissmal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

WAAAY too many humans and not enough mermaids

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Medical content, and Ableism

Minor: Biphobia and Sexual content

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The end is wrapped up in an extremely unsatisfactory way, the writing became extremely repetitive with an overuse of rambling (parenthetical tangents that went no where), and I didn't feel that any of the characters actions had real impact. Suspension of disbelief only takes me so far when

suddenly the mermaids that ate everyone else without discrimination spare you, multiple times, because you're the main character.

Everything just wraps up a little too conviently for there to be real tension. How many times do you have to come to the revelation that the killer mermaids want to kill you?? I thought these people were adult scientists but they read incredibly juvenile. I also didn't need the point of view of every single character--

the dolphins? Are you serious? And the mermaid (sorry, Siren) POV completely took me out of it

. Would recommend for those looking for a YA novel with horror elements and a diverse cast, otherwise, skip it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Biphobia, Drug use, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, and Violence

sallie_ees's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Body horror, and Medical content