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A review by owenreads
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
3.0
I didn't find this book anywhere near as claustrophobic as I had assumed I would, or probably should have done. So because of that, the horror and tension elements were mostly lost on me.
What we are left with is a caving story where Gyre seems to be going round in circles... whilst being determined to carry on, watch videos of strangers, and avoid reading a digital folder she'd asked for. Then also trying to encourage Em to change her motive.
The conflict at distance over comms is quite interesting in its own regard. How would you deal with someone you've only just met, who has very different motives, but you have to rely on for your life?!
The story itself stands up reasonably well. There's just enough mystery, in that we don't really know whether Ghia or Em are reliable narrative characters, and what happened to the previous expeditions?
I didn't particularly like either characters. The stockholm syndrome and attachment issues are incredibly strong in both. They're also total dicks the whole way through.
What we are left with is a caving story where Gyre seems to be going round in circles... whilst being determined to carry on, watch videos of strangers, and avoid reading a digital folder she'd asked for. Then also trying to encourage Em to change her motive.
The conflict at distance over comms is quite interesting in its own regard. How would you deal with someone you've only just met, who has very different motives, but you have to rely on for your life?!
The story itself stands up reasonably well. There's just enough mystery, in that we don't really know whether Ghia or Em are reliable narrative characters, and what happened to the previous expeditions?
I didn't particularly like either characters. The stockholm syndrome and attachment issues are incredibly strong in both. They're also total dicks the whole way through.