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Dead Silence

S.A. Barnes

3.82 AVERAGE

allygriggles's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

LOVED IT. I felt like it had the vibes of 1899, which I loved, but more sci-fi and set in the future.

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rivex's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

juneharriman's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved the first half of this book, but the ending explanation was a bit of a letdown. I wanted the reveal to be spookier than it was? Regardless, I enjoyed this read! It certainly had me feeling a little tense at the beginning!

eidenierj's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Yes

omara's review

3.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

imsenak's review

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The premise was interesting, and it was genuinely tense at first, but when everything comes together and the reveals happen, the fear and tension mostly drop. It was a bit strange how the situation affecting the main character is left up to spookiness and a tragic backstory. However, the experiences of the rest of the characters, all of which were almost identical to the main character, can be easily explained away by the reveal.
Either way, it was a pretty fun read, and I would probably try another by the same author.

samdoeslife's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars.
So, I really wanted to love this. A haunted house in space sounds so cool...but I was unfortunately a little disappointed. Now there were some things I liked: the blurring between reality and hallucination, the bond between the team, Nysus <3. The story did lose me in pacing, everything happened either slowly or

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in a flashback/memory

which just made the story drag. Nysus was my favorite part of this book somehow, something about his character, however short was wholly endearing and I love him. I think the romance was fine, a subplot that made me care for the characters a little more cuz I'm a sucker for it. Overall, the story was fine but it really didn't feel like horror, felt more suspense-like.

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I was so genuinely sad when Claire found him, I really hoped he survived with Kane. Also, the plot point of Verux being behind everything was so obvious from the beginning that the only reveal was how they did it.

fostkay's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kaynic93's review

2.5

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

jkfulr62's review

3.5

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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