A review by weathersreadsgarbage
The Terror by Dan Simmons

dark slow-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

3.0

If I hadn’t gotten paralyzed during my trek reading this I’d have DNFed. The thing is that the idea? Golden. Horrifying. Some of the details? Super good. There’s bits that made me stressed. But also it’s agonizingly long, boring, and full of repetitive details. 

I also have beef with explaining the big bad. If you need horror spoonfed to you alongside the details of over 100 men in painstaking detail then great. 

I’m whelmed.