Reviews - Dead Silence | The StoryGraph

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I preemptively tagged it as a book before movie. It read like it could one day be turned into a movie.

I enjoyed it. It's not often I can sit down and read a physical book, but this one had me hooked. I did guess the monster correctly. But it still had me wondering until the end! I couldn't decide between three or four stars. I hated the first person aspect, but that's a personal opinion. The way the author wrote sentences annoyed me at some points, but overall I'm glad I read it. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I'd listened to it.

lmorphis's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Yes

kea9f's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ja3g3rbombastic's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kyzumi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This story is exactly what I was hoping for when I found it, and then some. It really scratched the sci-fi itch for me. I can also say it is the first book I’ve read that actually left me feeling scared at times, to the point where certain sections left me worried to read them at night out of fear of having trouble sleeping. If you’re looking for a story with space travel, mystery, and spookiness, then Dead Silence will fulfill. It manages to make what feels like a potentially supernatural or alien situation feel very realistic in a way I was not expecting, that twist did surprise me! The message here for me is that even when you suspect other sources for horrors, so often they come down to corporate greed. But in the face of it all, human determination pulls through, and those company jackoffs get their just desserts, as they should. The conclusion is satisfying and hopeful, despite everything that the characters went through. Truly - great read, it was a wild ride worth taking.

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