Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

48 reviews

deedeeroo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Did I know I needed killer mermaids? Nope. But I did. 
I normally don’t love horror but I really enjoyed the mix of fantastical and science and thriller.

Recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief and Confinement

queenpebbles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Violence, Chronic illness, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Ableism, Medical content, Alcohol, and Confinement

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

aitanavec's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Blood, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, and Alcohol

chrisljm's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

3.5 stars; What I liked about this book was that it felt like a movie. I enjoyed the storytelling as well as the format Mira Grant utilized. I also appreciated the themes she touched on within the book. However, there was just such a lack of urgency surrounding the character’s behaviors, and the groups of characters were also way too isolated from each other in my opinion. You planned to be on a ship surrounded by violent creatures and you didn’t implement better communication features? Like not even some walkie-talkies?? 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Biphobia, Drug use, Cursing, Child death, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content

jurizprudence's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

mermaids—sirens are not nice and they like to eat humans ok got it

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement and Animal cruelty

mimeflower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Ableism, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow. I am not a horror reader, but this has me glued! So good! The pacing is so good. Such a great balance of story and scary. It was thrilling, mysterious, and I didn't feel like it had any elements of scary moments or gore that weren't there to move the story. It was great. I loved the sapphic, autism, and ASL rep. I also loved that it wasn't the principal reason for those characters to exist, but added to the story. There was a lot of depth to the characters. 

Tory's sister went on the Atargatis ship with a crew to film a documentary for Imagine entertainment company about the potential of mermaids. No one ever returned. However, there was some footage of "killer mermaids" that did return that was never truly proven to be real or not. Now, after several years of research, Tory had a chance to join another crew to go back to the Mariana trench and try to discover the truth. We find out what truth is in the Mariana trench and what may have really happened to the original crew. 

This story has a great balance of story and thrills. I would recommend this to readers who don't normally love horror, but do love intense thrillers and don't mind some blood and gore in their story. The end came a bit too quickly for me, but I have heard there may be a sequel? If so I'm in line on release day! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Medical content

sillylittlereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Medical content, and Violence

laurajones's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Chronic illness, Grief, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Medical content

Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexual content