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Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban

9 reviews

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Murder, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Another fantastic thriller from Diana Urban!! I loved this book so much! The plot twists were great and I didn’t see a few of them coming! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

_thelitlibrarian's review

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious 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

3.75

3. 75 stars
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TW:  Murder, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Suicide,  Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual content 
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In Diana Urban's Lying in the Deep readers are faced with a person's worst fear, being trapped on a ship with a murderer. In this YA retelling of Death on the Nile, we follow Jade as she embarks on her COB (Campus on Board) journey in hopes of getting away from her ex-boyfriend, Silas, and her ex-best friend, Lainey after a betrayal has led them together. I really enjoyed the isolation plot and felt it really added to the story, we are quickly introduced to our main "cast" of characters and at first it might be harder to follow along with, but thanks to them being picked off one by one it made it easier to follow along. 

Having not known that this was a Death on the Nile retelling I wasn't able to guess the ending, but I have read some mention that to them it was obvious following the original story! I felt like the book dragged on at a few points (often with repetitive plot points that could have been edited out), and really enjoyed how the book picked up in the last 75% and ended with a plot twist! 

This book is filled with DRAMA, something I needed at the time but could understand to some readers how it could come off. If you're looking for a fast-paced YA with loads of drama, this one is for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Suicide, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

haleybre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gaslighting, Violence, Gun violence, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

bekah1210's review against another edition

mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Gaslighting, Violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Gun violence

sunshine8473773's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Alcohol, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

It was an okay book, but the MC Jade was annoying AF. She was stuck on one theory that didn't make that much sense to me and ended up being completely wrong. Also, the killer was mega obvious. And one part of the twist I suspected. The final twist I didn't though which did wrap the book up nicely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence

trippyotter's review

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! 

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Content Warnings

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

beckyremillard's review

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent