4.39k reviews for:

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

3.95 AVERAGE

informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I get why it makes sense, from a mass-marketing standpoint, to bill this story as a battle between humans and octopuses for world domination... But I gotta say, I suspect that I like what this book actually ended up being even more than I would've liked a book that better matched that description (though if that book ever does get written, I definitely still want to read it too).

Some really neat reflections on culture, meaning, and communication; technology, AI, and science; as well as the global ecosystem/the overall community of Life itself --- among other things. Probably my favorite book I've read so far this year.
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark informative mysterious reflective tense
challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
catalindegaard's profile picture

catalindegaard's review

3.0
adventurous dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Plot or Character Driven: Character
mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced