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Space Terror and great characters
I loved almost every part of this book. I started and finished it during my summer break in about 2 weeks. Which is up until now my record for a book of this size. At page 20, I already knew that I'd pre-order the sequel. At page 60, the action started and never stopped up until near the end. This book takes the main characters through a wild and dangerous journey in space. There's always a new (yet old) threat, always a new (yet old)puzzle to solve, and an intangible, unseen force at the end of the path. There's little time for the characters (and reader) to catch their breath. I've seen some reviewers rate this as a Space Thriller, rather than Horror. To me personally, some of the concepts presented in this story were deeply unsettling, and sometimes horrifying. It's less about a physical threat, and more about a threat you cannot see or fight. It is an intrusive thought that you cannot shake. A need that will drive your every move. It is being afraid of your own mind and those of others. It is the realisation that you can no longer control your mind and actions. This story brought me back to the times I played the Dead Space games. It awoke a smiliar feeling of dread, isolation and danger. Although Dead Space will always be more terrifying (and gory). But if you played the games, you might already have an idea of the kind of power that the threat of Paradise-1 wields. I very much enjoyed the characters, their development, and the bonds they formed throughout this story. This would have been a clear 5⭐️ for me, had it not been for the final opponent near the end, which, after all the horrors faced by the characters, felt more like a nuisance, if anything, and brought the highspeed action to a very sudden stop. But the story of the Artemis crew has just begun, and I'm having high hopes for more terrifiyng enemies in the future.
31. Jan. 2025
Space Terror and great characters
I loved almost every part of this book. I started and finished it during my summer break in about 2 weeks. Which is up until now my record for a book of this size. At page 20, I already knew that I'd pre-order the sequel. At page 60, the action started and never stopped up until near the end. This book takes the main characters through a wild and dangerous journey in space. There's always a new (yet old) threat, always a new (yet old)puzzle to solve, and an intangible, unseen force at the end of the path. There's little time for the characters (and reader) to catch their breath. I've seen some reviewers rate this as a Space Thriller, rather than Horror. To me personally, some of the concepts presented in this story were deeply unsettling, and sometimes horrifying. It's less about a physical threat, and more about a threat you cannot see or fight. It is an intrusive thought that you cannot shake. A need that will drive your every move. It is being afraid of your own mind and those of others. It is the realisation that you can no longer control your mind and actions. This story brought me back to the times I played the Dead Space games. It awoke a smiliar feeling of dread, isolation and danger. Although Dead Space will always be more terrifying (and gory). But if you played the games, you might already have an idea of the kind of power that the threat of Paradise-1 wields. I very much enjoyed the characters, their development, and the bonds they formed throughout this story. This would have been a clear 5⭐️ for me, had it not been for the final opponent near the end, which, after all the horrors faced by the characters, felt more like a nuisance, if anything, and brought the highspeed action to a very sudden stop. But the story of the Artemis crew has just begun, and I'm having high hopes for more terrifiyng enemies in the future.
31. Jan. 2025
