The dark deep realms of the ocean, a claustrophobic underwater world - and scene of The SS Arcadia’s final resting place.

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But that’s not really the problem with From Below. The problem is how utterly fake it looks. If the two lead actors even saw Darcy Coates makes good use of the claustrophobic setting and her characters, even though they are making some dumb decisions here and there, are more plausible in their actions as is usually the case in books like this. She also employs a dual timeline that lets the reader slowly uncover what had happened aboard the Arcadia in 1928 while in the present timeline our crew of divers will find out as well. This form of storytelling was working perfectly here. It is important to note that the majority of the themes explored in this book deal with sensitive subject matters. My review, therefore, touches on these topics as well. Many people might find the subject matters of the book as well as those detailed in my review overwhelming. I would suggest you steer clear of both if this is the case. Please note that from this point forward I will be writing about matters which contain reflections on self-mutilation, mental illness, suicide, murder, & others. Documentary presenter Cove has a new project: exploring the SS Arcadia, that vanished without a trace 60 years ago. She has a team of fairly inexperienced divers, and one expert. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? In a deep-sea dive, everything. Particularly on this ship. Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad you could enjoy it! I spent a lot of time talking with classic Tetris players to make sure it was something people coming from that world could enjoy.

This is an entertaining Underwater horror book. The narrative felt claustrophobic and tense. The characters were decently well developed and did not feel too stereotypical. As someone who cannot swim, these kind of stories definitely appeal to me. This was my first Darcy Coates book and I think it was a great place to start. Distress calls in the form of garbled messages, were received from the SS Arcadia in her last hours - messages that no one was able to understand, couldn’t make any sense of them, but perhaps this dive, sponsored by Vivitech who will be using the footage for a forthcoming documentary, will finally reveal what really happened.

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I have read quite a few books by author, Darcy Coates, but I think this book is one of her best books yet! The story just grabbed me right away and took me on a fast pace into the deep sea as the tension of the book took me on a roller coaster ride of emotions from breath-hitching moments of anxiety to throat closing claustrophobic atmospheric intensity as I barreled my way through the storyline! Its a mix of C and assembly (but mostly C), written from "scratch". I wrote about it in detail here if you are interested:

Development log

Rediker argues that Lemisch went beyond these distinguished scholars in several respects: “If the British Marxist historians, along with the French historians Georges Lefebvre and Albert Soboul, had pioneered “history from below,” which made historical actors of religious radicals, rioters, peasants, and artisans, Lemisch pushed the phrase and the history further and harder with “history from the bottom up,” a more inclusive and comprehensive formulation that brought all subjects, especially slaves and women, more fully into the historian’s field of vision… by insisting that sailors and other workers had ideas of their own, he [also] made a point that many historians have yet to grasp—the history of the working class must be an intellectual as well as a social history.” printf ‘\x4e\x45\x53\x1a\02\x01\x0a\x09\x00\x00\x50\x00\x00\x02\x00\x04’ | dd of=from_below_vs_2021_01_13_v_0_10_0.nes bs=1 seek=0 count=16 conv=notrunc This ZIP also contains an emulator compatible version of the Vs. game, if you wish to just play it that way. Development log There is always a place for the torment brought forth by psychological fear; scratching, tapping, crawling behind the tangible; these are things that wander in my mind late into the night. Maybe Kiệt simply had no experience with green screen. His breakout hit, Furie, was a very practical martial arts crime story and it could be that he’s moving into untested waters with very little guidance. What I’m saying here is that it’s not necessarily the writer/director’s fault that the effects in the movie look abominable. Just that they do and it’s an enormous distraction.

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English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Danish English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Vietnamese So, yeah, nothing like starting with an already scary plot foundation, deep sea diving, and adding a ship that went missing under weird circumstances, and supernatural elements. Like our protagonist mentions, professional divers can die in familiar waters. The unskilled and barely qualified crew in this story, plus the truly unsettling features of the area they're diving, begin us on a high level of Scary from the start. This felt more like a paranormal mystery than an actual full-fledged horror novel. As events started to unravel, that was the vibe I got in this being more mystery than actual horror. There’s nothing wrong with that but being a huge horror enthusiast, I needed scarier events and situations than all this extra dialogue, often which was just repeating what had already transpired. I definitely wanted more scares, creepiness, and what you’d typically find in a horror novel. In 1928 an ocean liner gets lost at sea, the mystery of its disappearance never solved. A couple of radio message were received by other ships, but both the location and the precise nature of the Arcadia's distress remained unclear. Although, one of the last messages ominously stated that there was something in the walls. Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas in the English Revolution, Penguin , 1972.So looking at the header settings in that database, they did more than just set the rom to ines2. They also set 2 additional settings in the header (looking at the NES version, not VS): When I finished this book, I just wished that the book's focus had been solely on the 1928 period of the story. While there were some horrifying moments and fantastically gross parts in the present-day sections, it just didn't really deliver for me the way that the past sections did. Additionally, I felt like the reveal was unsatisfying and kind of wishy-washy.

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With that being said, I found the first 70% of this book absolutely riveting. I am constantly on the hunt for a world-altering scary story. Being a fan of both the Horror & Historical Fiction genres this book appeared to be my ideal match. Had Coates held steadfast in the general malaise which was being crafted throughout the first part of the story I am certain that this would have been one that I would have been loath to put down. Unfortunately, we read about the diving team, set in the present tense, who are exploring the Arcadia that lies 300 feet into the ocean deep. This group of people grows to become insufferable as they seem to willfully neglect logical thought & decision-making in the hopes of capturing more footage for the documentary they are shooting.

I thought it was a brilliantly unique idea to format this novel by going to the past of the SS Arcadia and then the present with explorers to figure out why this weird ship mysteriously vanished. My favorite reading genres are horror, mystery, suspense, and thriller so I immediately started to get into this story as it was unfolding. Unfortunately, things started to get a bit too slow for my taste and drag on for long periods of time while reading. I have read all three books in Gravekeeper series and thoroughly enjoyed them. While I appreciate all of Coates's work, I must mention that the Gravekeeper books stand out for their paranormal horror, which is quite distinct from the horror found in From Below. I want to thank the publisher "Poisoned Pen Press" and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this spooky novel and any thoughts or opinions expressed are unbiased and mine alone!