Dan Simmons’s 2007 epic horror novel, The Terror, is the finest work of his I’ve read yet. A historical fiction, this long story documents the failed 1845 Franklin Expedition. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a horror novel of this stature. I’ve read a lot of short, grisly stuff lately, so it w...
Seriously. I shrugged my way through 996 pages (why oh why was this book so freaking long?) and at the end said well that was...something. Simmons jumps from person to person in this almost 1,000 page book. We also get shifting timelines (oh joy...wait no joy, I usually always hate it when authors d...
I love feeling like I've been taken on a journey when I read, and this book spans years, multiple character perspectives, and the wasteland that is the arctic. I wouldn't call it a "saga," but by the end I couldn't believe where I ended up given where I started. The Terror is based on the lost Fra...
Interesting but disappointing. The story of a vanished polar expedition and the semi-supernatural terror that persecuted it.I still think it's an interesting concept and the story had potential, but the execution was lacking. For one, although I have nothing against long books in theory, this one ...
My first Dan Simmons- Really good story however it could have been about 100-200 pages shorter. The repeated telling of who was dead and who wasnt dead from each ship could have been scrapped and their actual traveling routes and details could have been clarified better, thus shortened. Their were ...
Historical fiction they say. A great story I say. We must remember that these ships were in lost in the Arctic in the 1840's. Think about that. Dan Simmons has used a tragic story from our past, and added...something more.We have the rosters from the ships, we know the names of the men that were the...
The Terror: A Novel - Dan Simmons According to the blurbs on the back cover, The Terror is a "bone- and spine-chilling," "mesmerizing thriller." Meh, I've got scarier things hiding under my bed. However, as a work of historical fiction it's top-notch.I wish Dan Simmons had focused all of his effo...
My partner is pretty obsessed with the Franklin expedition, but the page count on this might daunt him. We digressed into a discussion of what-do-you-like-more, where I voted for crazy ship stories, and he voted for crazy mountain stories. Creepier things happen on mountains, I guess.Anyway, I shoul...
Simmons re-visualized history with his tale of betrayal, murder, mutiny, survival and terror.This is the fictional account of the failed Franklin expedition of 1845. The historical aspect of this novel was absolutely captivating. You almost get frostbite just reading about the cold and dank weather ...
Enraptured by TerrorThis is my first read of a Dan Simmons work. And at first, I was skeptical. In the beginning, The Terror seemed ponderous—potentially another too-detailed account of historical tragedy. Even the prose seemed cumbersome. Oh, how wrong could I be! This is a truly masterful wor...
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