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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
This book is unspeakably sad. It's about losing again, and again, and more, and more, and what that loss can do. Some of my paperback's pages are stuck with tears.
I wasn't much a fan of the ending, just because the entire book had been so vague, i wished the end had followed it. He explained too much and it kind of ruined it. Very edritch, lots of body horror, and psych spooks too. In my opinion, its wins outweigh its losses.
I wasn't much a fan of the ending, just because the entire book had been so vague, i wished the end had followed it. He explained too much and it kind of ruined it. Very edritch, lots of body horror, and psych spooks too. In my opinion, its wins outweigh its losses.
dark
tense
fast-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:
No
I was initially really intrigued by the book but I felt like it began losing steam at the halfway mark, to the point of me not really even caring about what it all was building up to. Ultimately I read a spoiler for what was to come and found out that there was a multi-page description of an animal experiencing intense pain/death/cruelty and I wasn’t willing to go through that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
My favorite Nick Cutter book so far. I loved the claustrophobic atmosphere and tense vibe throughout.
POV humans are becoming shells of their former selves with no end in sight but your mad scientist brother wants to show you this cool pic of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out at his job which is conveniently located at the bottom of the ocean
This story fell flat unfortunately but Lucas as a main character rocked we love a pathetic, sad man who has a very well rounded but very terrible life
This story fell flat unfortunately but Lucas as a main character rocked we love a pathetic, sad man who has a very well rounded but very terrible life
I thought this book was pretty good, through most of it. It's definitely a cousin of Vandermeer's Southern Reach trilogy, though it has a fair bit more heart. The horror, at its strongest, draws not upon the unknowable things lurking in the darkness at the bottom of the sea, but in the demons that live inside everyone's psyche. As the book got through the ending, it trended much closer to Southern Reach than Stephen King, and I think that's actually where the weakness came through. It became too focused on body horror, madness, and disturbing imagery, and didn't rely on the strength of the readers' emotions as much as it could have. It was more impact than The Troop, of which I have only the vaguest memory, but I don't think it'll stick with me as long as it might have, had it ended differently. I was counting on it going somewhere else, and I don't think the narrative is served by the ending that we got.
slow-paced
Thr premise of this book is amazing however the book just wasn't it for me. It was slow and jumbled with so many memory scenes and repetitive in spots.
dark
emotional
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
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced