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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked it. The idea that super animals related to the dinosaur era intrigues me.
Yes, I had watched the movie first, but it's been a few years.
Yes, I had watched the movie first, but it's been a few years.
Prehistoric, man-eating shark. What isn't there to love?
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
Meg is an exciting and bombastic novel starring a crew of paper-doll people, a term I use for characters with wafer-thin depth. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the women were the worst victims of Alten's lack of imagination when plotting his characters. I cannot vouch for the scientific accuracy of the story since I'm not a marine biologist, but some assertions did seem a little... fishy... Otherwise, the story was very entertaining to follow and I understand both why it was sold to movie producers immediately, and why it took several studios and thirty years for the movie to get made.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Cannibalism
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After having a few dreams about sharks, I wanted to read a shark horror novel. Weird? Maybe. But I've never claimed to be normal. Since the movie was on my mind, I thought I'd give this a shot and downloaded the audiobook from the library. Was it the best book of the month? The year? One of my overall favorites? Nope. Was it a lot of fun? Yes. It also has some tropes you can expect from the time period it was written in.
Read this if you want a fun, shark horror novel. Read it, enjoy, and don't think too much about it. If you're looking for something to read a little more critically I'd suggest looking for something else.
Read this if you want a fun, shark horror novel. Read it, enjoy, and don't think too much about it. If you're looking for something to read a little more critically I'd suggest looking for something else.