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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
fast-paced
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I like reading books that were made into movies and I didn’t realize this was even a book. The book is very different than the movie so rather you loved the movie or didn’t like it you still may like the book.
I’m a huge fan of classic sci-fi, so I’m fairly used to sexism of misogyny and can typically move past it. But this author has a police detective complaining about how small a dead woman’s breasts were. He finds a person who’s been maimed and killed by a shark, and his literal first thought is how small and flat her breasts are. Absolutely not. Immediate dnf. Oh, and the detective had been reading a book that had gratuitous mentions of rape for literally no reason.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-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
dark
funny
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just did not enjoy this book
Pros
- The first chapter
- the info about the town
- the science
Cons
- ELLEN- She fantasises about getting raped! WTH!
- all the other characters
- the pacing
- the animal cruelty
- the sexism
-the affair
Pros
- The first chapter
- the info about the town
- the science
Cons
- ELLEN- She fantasises about getting raped! WTH!
- all the other characters
- the pacing
- the animal cruelty
- the sexism
-the affair
Sometimes the movies are better than the books. Not often but that was definitely how this one went. I wish I never read this. I literally stopped reading and didn’t pick it up for days once I reached the rape fantasy part. Was she written to be hated? Because I couldn’t stand any of her. Is it because of the time period of when this was written? I don’t know how this became a book series.