Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

17 reviews

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

cryptidkay's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

 This book came highly recommended on several best horror lists I looked at following my yearly kid-fic deep dive in 2021. The horror sections of this novel are gory and satisfying in the way all monster horror should be. Visceral descriptions make this a great choice for anyone who is a fan of modern slasher flicks but also needs to have a healthy fear of the ocean. I enjoyed reading it and getting to know the characters trapped on this Saw cruise. The scientists can be a bit info-dumpy but the science is almost believable enough that, since the book takes place in 2022, if I get news of something being pulled from the ocean, I'm moving farther inland.

It is a bit of a long haul though. There are a lot of characters to meet and figure out their motives, why they were on the ship, why you should care about them... There's also a lovely and modern queer romance. To me, it seemed a bit out of place in regards to the plot (especially since it comes in so late in the game after everyone knows that the sirens are killing people) but I understand that it is representative of the same thing going on elsewhere on the ship amongst the background characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

morevna's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Biphobia

keenanmaree's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Ableism

Minor: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

ehawk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, and Torture

patricia_epub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Tentative 4 stars, still deliberating what I feel about that ending and the characters themselves. Might move it down to 3.5 but that's the lowest I'd give this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Medical content, Gore, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism and Biphobia

Minor: Drug use and Chronic illness

iviarelle's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

If you like horror and/or mermaids, I firmly believe that you have a good chance of enjoying this book. It's pretty incredible. A wide range of characters so that the deaths of the ones you like don't feel token or tropey, plenty of tension, a generous dash of nerdery saving the day. I might think of things to complain about later, but if I do they'll be small and nothing that should dissuade other readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use