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Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban

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ar13l's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Fun read. Kind of weird that she fantasized about murder in the beginning then it never wa brought up again until the end and it never led to anything.

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4.0

This was a fun read! While at work I couldn't stop thinking about getting back to this book. Definitely YA character motivations and reactions, but a delightful read, especially if you've read Death on the Nile.

daisyblake72's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

As a Semester at Sea alum… I was thrilled to read this book. You can tell Urban did her research on the program with the way she describes certain settings and procedures unique to the program.

As for the plot - it took until about halfway through the book to get to where the prologue was. I felt it was really dragging for the first 1/3.

There weren’t any characters I was crazy about, and they felt too immature to be college students to me. I also thought a lot of the dialogue choices were really cringe, it was trying to emulate Gen Z but you can tell it is definitely not written by someone that uses Gen Z slang in their vocabulary.

Despite these criticisms, I enjoyed the book! I love a y/a mystery and definitely see/appreciate the Christie influence x SAS collab.