Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

166 reviews

j_squaredd's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

So much of the science in this book is so wacky and wrong, and the author clearly doesn’t know how academia works at all. The mermaids are absolutely unbelievable and so are the skills and circumstances of many of the main characters. If you’re going the sci fi route where the science is supposed to sound plausible, you need to do a lot more research. Maybe it’s because I have a STEM PhD, but I don’t see how this book is so highly rated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Biphobia, and Ableism

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.5

I think that the writing in this is one of my favorite writing styles. The plot, however, could have been a little stronger. I would have liked to also see the characters develop just a little more; for such a long book, I feel like

you only get attached to Olivia because you get the most out of her character dev. I think the other characters were flat in growth and could have been pushed more within the narrative but weren’t. These characters are trapped together on a floating impending cemetery—use that to build tension!!! Explore rivalries, clashes in the romance, depth in the choices they make. I like the characters but I could have lost just about any of them and not been emotionally impacted except for the twins and Hallie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

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

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

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

ember_is_gay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use and Ableism

strawberryswirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, Body horror, and Chronic illness

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

emmjay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

A bit rambling in parts with the constant switching of perspective, including mid scene, but mostly cause I want the action to KEEP GOING. The book was terrifying and fascinating and I want more and the science was interesting and my god do not go in the ocean. The ending was a bit abrupt with a few loose ends: I actually want MORE science, to learn more biology, but overall what a book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: 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