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The Terror by Dan Simmons Book Review

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 The Terror  By Dan Simmons (American Author) Published Year: 2007 Page Count: 759 pages  Medium Used: Mobile Phone, Samsung Galaxy S10 Genre : Psychological Thriller, Fiction, Suspense, Horror, Twists, Ancient Gods,Shamans, Esquimaux, 2025-read.  Rating : 4.85/5  Brilliant! Mind Blowing!! The last 200-250 pages are so so so gripping and filled with horror that I couldn't put the book down. I was reading a couple of other big books along side this one, but as the story progressed - this is the only one I could focus on! The character development is thorough. The world building is exquisite. The pacing was medium for the first half of the book and very fast in the second half. The author, in the first half,  acquaints us with the different aspects of North/Arctic Pole and the sea travel, the effects of severe cold and nutrient deprivation on the sea men during these prolonged travels. In the second part,as  the deaths escalate, we see the true nature of...