Steve AltenMegA Novel of Deep TerrorMonika says:
Somthing has survived - oops, wrong movie, er, book. But here, too, something rises from the depths of time that was believed to be extinct for a long time: Carcharodon megalodon, a relation of the white shark so far known only from finds of fossil teeth. "Meg" - who came up with this horrid abreviation anyway? - is the tender nickname for "Megalodon", meaning giant tooth. For the teeth are giant indeed. From them was reconstructed a jaw that had room for a grown man. In the depths of the Mariana Trench survived a species that was believed to be extinct for more that 100 000 years. By a series of unhappy circumstances a female of the species got to the surface and massacred the scientists on her track. So much for the content of Steve Alten's novel. There isn't much more to be said about it. The novel is tolerably thrilling at first, but as the story progresses it drifts off more and more and culminates in a showdown worthy of a cheap horror movie. The characters are one-dimensional and you don't feel any regrets when they all become food for the fish at one time or the other. Even if you don't completely shut down your brain while reading this book - after all you don't have to take everything too seriously - the last act makes you realize that this isn't a book to recommend to people you want to remain friends with. If you have to read it wait for the paperback or perhaps for the movie for this is exactly the kind of story some script writer is likely to catch on to. People of a more tender disposition should avoid the movie, though. Blood is splashing by the gallon in the book. The best advice I can give you is to find another book to read. |
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