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A review by teaandtales1
A Dark and Endless Sea by Blaine Daigle
dark
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
๐นโโ๐ฎโโ๐นโโ๐ฑโโ๐ชโโฆ A Dark and Endless Sea
โ๐ฆโโ๐บโโ๐นโโ๐ญโโ๐ดโโ๐ทโโฆ Blaine Daigle
โ๐ตโโ๐ฆโโ๐ฌโโ๐ชโโ๐ธโโฆ 300
โ๐ฌโโ๐ชโโ๐ณโโ๐ทโโ๐ชโโฆ Horror, Oceanic horror, Descent into madness
โ๐นโโ๐ฎโโ๐ฒโโ๐ชโ โ๐ตโโ๐ชโโ๐ทโโ๐ฎโโ๐ดโโ๐ฉโโฆ Contemporary
โ๐งโโ๐ชโโ๐จโโ๐ญโโ๐ฉโโ๐ชโโ๐ฑโ โ๐นโโ๐ชโโ๐ธโโ๐นโโฆ No
โ๐ธโโ๐บโโ๐ฒโโ๐ฒโโ๐ฆโโ๐ทโโ๐พโโฆ Whitt Rogers is plagued by mysterious, nightmarish dreams every night. When he wakes up he has no memory of his past, or even the previous days or weeks. One night a strange figure comes to him and suggests he join a fishing boat where his crewmates seem to be suffering from the same problems. As Whitt and the crew struggle to understand that which plagues them, they're also at the whim of a strange captain that has his own agenda.
โ๐ทโโ๐ชโโ๐ปโโ๐ฎโโ๐ชโโ๐ผโโฆ โญโญโญ3/4
This book is a slow burn horror/mystery with some gruesome injuries, cosmic creatures, and multiple descents to madness. If any or all of those interest you, you will probably really enjoy this story.
This is my first time reading Daigle's work (although I've had my eye on some of his other stories before this). I was drawn to the book due to my love of oceanic horror and I felt the eerie, monotonous setting to be really effective in immersing the reader in the story. The characters were well-rounded, despite having little memory or backstory for any of them, and Daigle did a great job of slowly building the tension on the ship as things got weirder and weirder.
Overall I thought the story was successful and I will be reading more of Daigle's work. I do think the book got a bit repetitive, particularly with the many dream sequences. If it was about 50 pages shorter, I believe the story would have been just as successful and eliminated some parts of the story that just sort of stalled.
Thank you to NetGalley and Wicked House Publishing for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
โ๐ฆโโ๐บโโ๐นโโ๐ญโโ๐ดโโ๐ทโโฆ Blaine Daigle
โ๐ตโโ๐ฆโโ๐ฌโโ๐ชโโ๐ธโโฆ 300
โ๐ฌโโ๐ชโโ๐ณโโ๐ทโโ๐ชโโฆ Horror, Oceanic horror, Descent into madness
โ๐นโโ๐ฎโโ๐ฒโโ๐ชโ โ๐ตโโ๐ชโโ๐ทโโ๐ฎโโ๐ดโโ๐ฉโโฆ Contemporary
โ๐งโโ๐ชโโ๐จโโ๐ญโโ๐ฉโโ๐ชโโ๐ฑโ โ๐นโโ๐ชโโ๐ธโโ๐นโโฆ No
โ๐ธโโ๐บโโ๐ฒโโ๐ฒโโ๐ฆโโ๐ทโโ๐พโโฆ Whitt Rogers is plagued by mysterious, nightmarish dreams every night. When he wakes up he has no memory of his past, or even the previous days or weeks. One night a strange figure comes to him and suggests he join a fishing boat where his crewmates seem to be suffering from the same problems. As Whitt and the crew struggle to understand that which plagues them, they're also at the whim of a strange captain that has his own agenda.
โ๐ทโโ๐ชโโ๐ปโโ๐ฎโโ๐ชโโ๐ผโโฆ โญโญโญ3/4
This book is a slow burn horror/mystery with some gruesome injuries, cosmic creatures, and multiple descents to madness. If any or all of those interest you, you will probably really enjoy this story.
This is my first time reading Daigle's work (although I've had my eye on some of his other stories before this). I was drawn to the book due to my love of oceanic horror and I felt the eerie, monotonous setting to be really effective in immersing the reader in the story. The characters were well-rounded, despite having little memory or backstory for any of them, and Daigle did a great job of slowly building the tension on the ship as things got weirder and weirder.
Overall I thought the story was successful and I will be reading more of Daigle's work. I do think the book got a bit repetitive, particularly with the many dream sequences. If it was about 50 pages shorter, I believe the story would have been just as successful and eliminated some parts of the story that just sort of stalled.
Thank you to NetGalley and Wicked House Publishing for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!