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The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

3.95 AVERAGE

reverendpear's review against another edition

5.0

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

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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.

elias123's review against another edition

4.5

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

hollyreadsforfun's review against another edition

3.75

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

victorsbookshelf's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative mysterious reflective tense

kangdile's review against another edition

4.0

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

karatesnoopy's review against another edition

4.0

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 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

crocusfocus77's review against another edition

4.75

Plot or Character Driven: Character

sayshara's review against another edition

5.0

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

luciabela's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced