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tsquare345's review
DNF @ 38%
Sloan makes really poor choices. Why doesn’t she have a partner? Ugh. I think male writers struggle with understanding a female point of view and should refrain from having a female lead. I really wanted to like this novel but just no.
Part of the Kindle Unlimited catalog.
Sloan makes really poor choices. Why doesn’t she have a partner? Ugh. I think male writers struggle with understanding a female point of view and should refrain from having a female lead. I really wanted to like this novel but just no.
Part of the Kindle Unlimited catalog.
kate404's review against another edition
3.0
Liked:
-the setting, characters and family drama
-quick, easy enjoyable writing style
-audiobook narrator was great
Disliked:
-pretty unrealistic in the risks that she takes. She has a young daughter but risks her life like it means nothing to her.
-does she even work?
-the mayor just hires her on her word seemingly for a super serious mission
-the setting, characters and family drama
-quick, easy enjoyable writing style
-audiobook narrator was great
Disliked:
-pretty unrealistic in the risks that she takes. She has a young daughter but risks her life like it means nothing to her.
-does she even work?
-the mayor just hires her on her word seemingly for a super serious mission
sharesb's review
3.0
The idea was good. Sloan McPherson works for the police department as a diver. Her skills help discover evidence and secrets under the water and as this is based in Florida, there is a lot of water around.
I really enjoyed reading about her dives. The description of things surrounding her under the water, the unknown factor and the creepy vibes. It was well written descriptively.
The story itself was too unrealistic. There is only so much eye rolling I can tolerate in one book and this one was excessive. The main character just kept making horrible decisions, getting herself into serious trouble, doing things on her own like she was invincible and of course, she always escaped being taken out by the cartel in numerous situations.
It was like reading if Shaggy and Scooby were the main characters in CSI: Miami. Almost like a cozy mystery rather than drug cartel thriller. * shrugs *
It took me a while to get to the end with this one, I read another book and started another before I finally picked it back up to finish.
I really enjoyed reading about her dives. The description of things surrounding her under the water, the unknown factor and the creepy vibes. It was well written descriptively.
The story itself was too unrealistic. There is only so much eye rolling I can tolerate in one book and this one was excessive. The main character just kept making horrible decisions, getting herself into serious trouble, doing things on her own like she was invincible and of course, she always escaped being taken out by the cartel in numerous situations.
It was like reading if Shaggy and Scooby were the main characters in CSI: Miami. Almost like a cozy mystery rather than drug cartel thriller. * shrugs *
It took me a while to get to the end with this one, I read another book and started another before I finally picked it back up to finish.
dawn_marie's review against another edition
1.0
Nope. Not for me. At all. I did not enjoy [b:The Girl Beneath the Sea|48526390|The Girl Beneath the Sea (Underwater Investigation Unit, #1)|Andrew Mayne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1571634473l/48526390._SY75_.jpg|73449316] by [a:Andrew Mayne|378554|Andrew Mayne|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1457742667p2/378554.jpg].
You’d think I‘d learn my lesson by now regarding Kindle “First Reads,” but apparently I haven’t. I don’t know what it is about the Amazon algorithm, but it (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more often than not) recommends books that I do not like.
What started out as a rather straight forward mystery became needlessly overly complicated by not-so-surprising twists, countless loose threads, and family drama. The meandering plot and uneven pacing was compounded by Mr. Mayne’s pedantic prose.
First person narrative is not my favorite (unreliable and/or biased narrator and all that) however I can overlook it if I like the narrator. I did not like Sloan McPherson – which is not necessarily a deal breaker – what made it unpleasant is that I was dealing with a character that I did not like and a writing style that I did not enjoy added to a mess of a plot.
The rest of this series is a hard pass from me.
You’d think I‘d learn my lesson by now regarding Kindle “First Reads,” but apparently I haven’t. I don’t know what it is about the Amazon algorithm, but it (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more often than not) recommends books that I do not like.
What started out as a rather straight forward mystery became needlessly overly complicated by not-so-surprising twists, countless loose threads, and family drama. The meandering plot and uneven pacing was compounded by Mr. Mayne’s pedantic prose.
First person narrative is not my favorite (unreliable and/or biased narrator and all that) however I can overlook it if I like the narrator. I did not like Sloan McPherson – which is not necessarily a deal breaker – what made it unpleasant is that I was dealing with a character that I did not like and a writing style that I did not enjoy added to a mess of a plot.
The rest of this series is a hard pass from me.
hima's review against another edition
2.0
good copaganda should leave out pithy passages that make u actively say ACAB
dazuli's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
retiredlibrarylady's review against another edition
4.0
Nicely done
Really engrossing thriller (suspend your disbelief!). Interesting information about diving. This might be the first time I looked for the next book after an Amazon Prime first book! Not available yet
Really engrossing thriller (suspend your disbelief!). Interesting information about diving. This might be the first time I looked for the next book after an Amazon Prime first book! Not available yet
books4biana's review against another edition
4.0
Andrew Mayne is a good writer. His stories unfold naturally and there is always a twist that's worth it. I've read several of his Naturalist books and been very entertained at how a mathematician becomes the expert at hunting serial killers. This book is more of the same, a regular girl lands on a major fault in the justice system and changes things. It was a great read!
blogginboutbooks's review against another edition
4.0
There's a lot to like about this series opener. It's a fast read with lots of action to keep the reader turning pages. Sloan and her cohorts are likable, if not super original or memorable. The scuba diving/evidence recovery diving focus is an intriguing one that I haven't encountered before in a police procedural. The details are interesting (especially since I have no diving knowledge whatsoever) but didn't bog down the story. While the book's plot doesn't hold any surprises, it moved along at a decent clip and was compelling enough to keep me reading. Mayne's prose is skilled. All of these elements combine to create a novel that is exciting and entertaining. While there's nothing overly amazing about it, I quite enjoyed THE GIRL BENEATH THE SEA and am definitely interested in reading the next book in the series.
linasabboula's review
1.0
How can a book with lots of things happening be so utterly boring at the same time?
I couldn't care one bit about the main plot. Not one bit. The story was extremely bland.
The author has this quite amazing writing style where he wouldn't describe an area at all or set the scene in any way but then the more you read the more things don't make sense because of the way you pictured them in your head and things just magically shift in and out if reality to fit what's happening now and it is just bad. What's more is that a lot of things happen in water or marine related things but the author doesn't realise that normal people wouldn't know what these things normally are and just continues the story and I am filled to fill in the blanks and imagine how things work.
It is quite a fast read despite being ultimately boring, not the least bit thrilling, horribly written and I did not care about the plot or characters at all.
I couldn't care one bit about the main plot. Not one bit. The story was extremely bland.
The author has this quite amazing writing style where he wouldn't describe an area at all or set the scene in any way but then the more you read the more things don't make sense because of the way you pictured them in your head and things just magically shift in and out if reality to fit what's happening now and it is just bad. What's more is that a lot of things happen in water or marine related things but the author doesn't realise that normal people wouldn't know what these things normally are and just continues the story and I am filled to fill in the blanks and imagine how things work.
It is quite a fast read despite being ultimately boring, not the least bit thrilling, horribly written and I did not care about the plot or characters at all.