Before I start with the review, can I just say that this whole situation reminded me a bit of The 100? The MC is a strong girl who has to become a leader because there are no adults around and she has to make all sorts of tough choices - sometimes she's right, sometimes she's not - and she has a close circle of friends who help her, but don't always agree with her. Clarke is that you?



And yes, of course this review will only contain The 100 GIFs because I'm dedicated like that.

First of all, let's talk about the writing. IT'S BEAUTIFUL You will notice right from the start that the author decided to go a bit poetic in this book, and I have to say, I'm glad she did. The writing style suits the slightly dark and mysterious atmosphere of the book.

"Shooting stars were not magical, or made of gold, or glitter, or embers, or sparks. They were rocks in the wrong place at the wrong time. Dust, and only dust."

This Splintered Silence is not an action book, the pacing is on the slower side, but it kind of suits it. The mystery unravels slowly and you can just see how everything is falling apart, how panic starts to rise among the people on the ship as they realize how dark and serious the situation that they're in is.



"Hope and fear can only coexist as equals for so long before on devours the other."

And most importantly, you can see Lindley going through some difficult times - how her mind works, how she's sometimes insecure, but knows she has to be strong for her people. Even though they keep making mistakes and not appreciating everything she does - she always takes care of them.

"How can I get things back under control if control as never truly mine to begin with?"

She makes tough decisions because someone has to. She doesn't sleep because she believes there's always something to do, something to help. She has quickly become my fave character in the book and a strong female MC that I'll remember.

When it comes to the other characters, I found them quite realistic and I could understand them most of the time. There are six core characters, which is usually not a good thing because they just blend together and I can't keep track of who's who, but not this time. They were so well developed and even though I didn't agree with some of their choices, I could see why they did it, they were human.

The mystery itself was well done. Although, in my opinion, we could've gotten more info throughout the book, instead of having to wait till the last 20%. But I didn't mind it that much because there were sort of multiple plot lines/points so there was always something "happening." There are only 2 problems I had with this book: 1. as I said before, the reveals came a bit late and we don't get the explanation for everything 2. I found the love triangle completely unnecessary even though it takes maybe 10% of the story, the book could've gone without it.

Now that I've finished the book and spent some time thinking about it, I feel as though this book wasn't about the mystery but more about the characters - what they go through, how they behave and the reasoning behind their actions - which is why I'm still giving this book 4 stars even though we don't get explanations for everything. And of course, the writing is gorgeous, also bonus points for this being a standalone.