Reviews tagging 'Death'

Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant

43 reviews

librarymouse's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.5

This was a short read. I'm glad I read this after Into the Drowning Deep. It answers the mystery that looms over that novel. It was good to get to know Anne after only knowing her through Tori's memories of her. The entire mermaid performer troupe being torn to bits soon after a different scientist makes a quip about chumming the waters was poetic and heartbreaking. The mermaids' mimicking of human speech is haunting, especially seeing how adept they become at it in the Into the Drowning Deep. In this book, they are a marvel of nature and are understood to be more animalistic than the humans would otherwise expect them to be from myth and legend. The parallels between this novella and its sequel with the kindly, older cameramen caring deeply about the people they're charged with filming puts those who are often relegated to the background or who are erased from the storytelling into the forefront of the novel as they are heroes.

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Content Warnings

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

beccaand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism

gawdz0rz's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Racism, Ableism, and Misogyny

jsan_25's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

catinaflatcap's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Ableism

Some character(s) in the text are ableist. The book itself is not ableist.

msradiosilence's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

kshertz's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

I read the other book into the drowning deep first! Both are amazing. I love a book that says, what if this were real, what would it actually be like? How would people actually react? I find this book to be so accurate with how a mermaid would be a smart predator with all these adaptations and humans really would have that array of reactions. It’s so captivating. Id read more books by this author with this same topic for sure 

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Content Warnings

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

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was honestly terrifying. I loved the that this was just as scary as Into The Drowning Deep, but this made it all the more terrifying. Mostly because these characters didn’t know what to expect, they went in planning to make a faux documentary about mermaids not to actually find them and have their faces eaten off. This is one of those things that will stick with you and make you not want to ever set foot on a cruise ship. Rolling In The Deep is getting a solid five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This horror novella was a solid story with an interesting premise, a sense of foreboding, and plenty of horrific details. It made me wanting more! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

ash_ton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

SO much better than into the drowning deep. why couldn't that have been written like this???

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism