4.39k reviews for:

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

3.95 AVERAGE

emsreadingdiary's review against another edition

3.75

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Love these kind of books that are science fiction and explored like an actual scientific article or piece, where real science is the starting point and the rest is carefully calculated imagination.
Interesting commentary on humanity, communication, our place in nature, and human tendency toward indifference. How do you know if you’re really conscious and alive and human?

izzfizz128's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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I really liked this book! I work with animals and they are my whole life and this was really eye-opening to read and even though it is fictional there is a lot that can be transferred to real life. 

ghostsheep's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

taylorinthesun's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 rounded up

slars12's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

caroline_mclaughlin's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book seemed like it should’ve checked all my boxes but it just felt like it never went anywhere. The content and the world built was relatively interesting, but the octopus presence felt minimal compared to what was promised. The story placed too much emphasis on the exposition and tech details and not enough on character development or plot, leaving the threads woven together by the end without much true payoff. Felt reminiscent of Brave New World and I’m sure I could see this being studied in greater depth in the future, it just was a bit disappointing to me.

seamesse's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jennybrennan's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kaymk's review against another edition

2.0

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One day I’ll find a good octopus book. This was not it.

agile_tea's review against another edition

4.0

challenging hopeful reflective fast-paced