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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
Fue un libro que me sorprendió gratamente. Esperaba que fuera un libro donde tardara en entrar a la acción, donde su narración fuera lenta. Pero todo lo contrario. Desde el primer momento nos encontramos dentro de la trama, la pluma del autor es muy fluida y terminas enganchándote a su lectura en poco tiempo. Perdí la cuenta de todas esas veces en las que moría de nervios sobre lo que estaba pasando y no podía despegar mis ojos de esta lectura. Lo recomiendo mucho.
adventurous
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
dark
mysterious
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:
No
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Honestly just a fun and indulging read
"Meg" de Steve Alten
Te mantiene en tensión todo el tiempo, pero cómo todos los libros de éste tipo es bastante predictivo.
Te mantiene en tensión todo el tiempo, pero cómo todos los libros de éste tipo es bastante predictivo.
adventurous
fast-paced
The Meg
4/5 stars
This was surprisingly a lot more fun than I anticipated going in. Honestly I wasn’t sure what to expect at all. Recently, I have been hit with a sudden whim to consume a lot of shark content. Naturally, since I’m a big horror fan I wanted to start with a shark horror. I thought this was wonderful. It was surprisingly compelling learning about marine biologists and people who were used to working underwater and had a care for underwater creatures encountering a threat. I had never given much thought to megalodons before but now I am so intrigued about learning more about them. This was littered with a ton of facts about sharks both current and prehistoric, and it never felt like a textbook or something slow it always feel very compelling and like it was putting you on the same level as these intellectuals and not talking down to you. I loved the exploration of PTSD and going back into something that you love even after a Trumatic event. Seeing The wonderful soap opera aspects of the story with Maggie and the affair was addictive. I will say I was listening to this on audiobook on Scribd. And also reading a physical copy that is the revised current addition. This was conflicting because they both read differently with a lot of things being added and changed in the newer one such as one had more of a romance heavy plot with Terry that I preferred.
I loved Jonas. I don’t normally gravitate towards older men protagonist but he was very personable. Throw in an attractive badass Asian woman who doesn’t take any shit from men in the form of Terry and you have yourself a dynamic duo.
I’ll give some spoilers here. So if you wanted to avoid those this would be the time to end this review. While I found a Maggie to be a fowl human being, she was so much fun. She moved the story forward in such a exciting way. How she wanted to manipulate the media into believing that Jonas was insane was such a sick and sadistic thing but it made her such a compelling villain. And her death scene with the Meg at the end was one of my favorite horror scenes I have ever read and it was my favorite scene in this book I would definitely recommend if you’re wanting to get into shark horror to pick this up. I did however try the movie and only got an hour in before all of the changes and the difference of vibe frustrated me and I stopped, maybe one day I’ll come back to it but at this point in time I need a bit more distance from when I read the book to be able to thoroughly enjoy it.
Overall this is my kind of take on the genre and I will definitely be continuing with the series. And I was so fascinated by the animal rights activist groups fighting for people not to kill the Meg even though she was taking a lot of life‘s herself and the morality question that that raised. As well as the exploration of animal behavior and the Megs instinct to just care for her young and find a safe place to give birth while also showing that she is still in fact a predator with that gruesome scene of her eating one of her babies.
4/5 stars
This was surprisingly a lot more fun than I anticipated going in. Honestly I wasn’t sure what to expect at all. Recently, I have been hit with a sudden whim to consume a lot of shark content. Naturally, since I’m a big horror fan I wanted to start with a shark horror. I thought this was wonderful. It was surprisingly compelling learning about marine biologists and people who were used to working underwater and had a care for underwater creatures encountering a threat. I had never given much thought to megalodons before but now I am so intrigued about learning more about them. This was littered with a ton of facts about sharks both current and prehistoric, and it never felt like a textbook or something slow it always feel very compelling and like it was putting you on the same level as these intellectuals and not talking down to you. I loved the exploration of PTSD and going back into something that you love even after a Trumatic event. Seeing The wonderful soap opera aspects of the story with Maggie and the affair was addictive. I will say I was listening to this on audiobook on Scribd. And also reading a physical copy that is the revised current addition. This was conflicting because they both read differently with a lot of things being added and changed in the newer one such as one had more of a romance heavy plot with Terry that I preferred.
I loved Jonas. I don’t normally gravitate towards older men protagonist but he was very personable. Throw in an attractive badass Asian woman who doesn’t take any shit from men in the form of Terry and you have yourself a dynamic duo.
I’ll give some spoilers here. So if you wanted to avoid those this would be the time to end this review. While I found a Maggie to be a fowl human being, she was so much fun. She moved the story forward in such a exciting way. How she wanted to manipulate the media into believing that Jonas was insane was such a sick and sadistic thing but it made her such a compelling villain. And her death scene with the Meg at the end was one of my favorite horror scenes I have ever read and it was my favorite scene in this book I would definitely recommend if you’re wanting to get into shark horror to pick this up. I did however try the movie and only got an hour in before all of the changes and the difference of vibe frustrated me and I stopped, maybe one day I’ll come back to it but at this point in time I need a bit more distance from when I read the book to be able to thoroughly enjoy it.
Overall this is my kind of take on the genre and I will definitely be continuing with the series. And I was so fascinated by the animal rights activist groups fighting for people not to kill the Meg even though she was taking a lot of life‘s herself and the morality question that that raised. As well as the exploration of animal behavior and the Megs instinct to just care for her young and find a safe place to give birth while also showing that she is still in fact a predator with that gruesome scene of her eating one of her babies.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, from beginning to end. Sure, it's very unrealistic in places, but the final scene with everyone on the water is just a page turner. The beast herself, Meg, is a scary creature and sure to remain one that is not soon forgotten. I liked Altens style of writing and the story is great fun.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As a fan of the movie Jaws, this was a guilty pleasure for me. It was like a terrible B-movie that I really enjoyed.