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Dead Silence

S.A. Barnes

3.82 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I should sue everyone who recommended this book to me.
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

A captivating science fiction mystery, with a main character that grows and works through her past trauma. I read it straight through, staying up all night to finish. I wish the ending had been just a tad more enlightening, but still enjoyed the book.

It's filled with hallucinations, ghosts, and memories, with plenty of gore and mystery.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes

A communication team working in the outermost sector of known space receives a distress signal on an old emergency line. When the crew goes to check it out they find this universe's space equivalent to the titanic which has been missing for 20 years. They board the ship and try to bring it back to earth, however, while on board creepy and haunting things start happening in an already pretty morbid atmosphere. The pace of the book was pretty slow, but I felt that the haunting prose of the book made it worth it. The characters were easy to like and sympathize with and the antagonists had me clenching my fist. The "twist" may be predictable to some but I loved it and found this a deeply satisfying read. 
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No