Reviews tagging 'Biphobia'

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

44 reviews

gawdz0rz's review

dark 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? No

4.25

absolutely loved the mermaids and the concept behind them, super unique. i really enjoyed the alternating pov, as well. and the dolphin chapter. the book was really slow at the beginning, but if you can make it to when they’re actually on the boat, it picks up. 

a bit disappointing the mermaids didn’t use their mimicry to trick humans to open doors or come around corners or something similar.

also, the implosion of heather’s submersible would not have left any remains behind, and she would not have lived long enough to see water make it into the submersible at that depth.

overall a really good book and clearly written with another one in mind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Biphobia, Misogyny, Ableism, and Animal cruelty

pryingblackbird's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gore

Minor: Biphobia and Ableism

kaywhiteley's review

dark 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? It's complicated

4.75

I want more!! I want more!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Biphobia

trashkingmax's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Into the Drowning Deep is a fantastic read. It has a slow start to introduce readers to a plentiful cast of characters that are so deeply human in a way that a lot of horror novels don't get into with secondary characters. Once the action picks up, though, it doesn't slow down. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is that the ending felt a little too light on details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Sexism, Gun violence, Drug use, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Murder, Drug abuse, Animal death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Biphobia

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Xenophobia, War, Genocide, and Panic attacks/disorders

nightstitch96'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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Medical content, and Ableism

Minor: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

2busyreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism and Biphobia

pkprouvs's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Biphobia

snazzy10101's review

fast-paced

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

5.0

brilliant book
loved it all

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Confinement

j_squaredd's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

So much of the science in this book is so wacky and wrong, and the author clearly doesn’t know how academia works at all. The mermaids are absolutely unbelievable and so are the skills and circumstances of many of the main characters. If you’re going the sci fi route where the science is supposed to sound plausible, you need to do a lot more research. Maybe it’s because I have a STEM PhD, but I don’t see how this book is so highly rated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Biphobia, and Ableism

zghutcheson01's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the descriptions of injury which were enough to impress the danger and make me uneasy but didn't seem gratuitous. If you're a biologist, this book also has a semi-accurate (though it feels real) portrayal of how competitive the academic biology environment is.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Ableism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty