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readers_together's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alexandrabree's review against another edition
2.0
I don't really understand how this falls into a larger series.
The parts I loved were great, the parts that lost me... I am still lost on. There was so much to build on!!!
The biggest problems I have picked out are that EASILY could have been fixed
1.way to many characters knew way too much too soon. Why did the random French lady have a camera? That got one clear picture? If I were editing, I would have said, "Create more tension." Xyz believes that the monster is real and Abc does not. Have the military be divided on the subject. Is it really a monster? It it a crazy Atlantian biotech? Is it an alien? Is it the lochness monster? Is it an enemy submarine? (North Korean, Russian, Chinese, Arabian?)
2. Leave Giona (Jonah *eyeroll*) a mysterious blank, unaware that she's not in the water dreaming mysterious dreams (acient civilization? Past lives?) Even better, just a normal blank, we could have thought she was dead 2/3? 3/4? Of the way through!!
3. Under play the bad man angles. Again, it is too much upfront that these are "bad guys" throw in a red herring. A curve ball is ge good. Is he bad? make some of the bad guys likable and sneaky. Treacherous.. take a George RR M approach where you never know who is on what side.
4. Like MEG (Alten) or Kronos Rising (Hawthorn) play on the sexy woman, sexy man angles, that these people are attractive and charismatic makes some of the "superhuman" or "extra good luck multiple times on multiple fronts" more glossoverable. Our main character should have been Adonis (Alex Hunter, Jack Reacher, Acheron Parthenopaeus, Jason Bourne) smart, sexy, fit, it's a tripe because it works. The rekindled romance between two souls, her a genius, sexy, curvy, gin drinking, chocolate loving, tiny prize fighter.
5. Make the monster much more mysterious, drag out the reveals a bit more, play up the deadlyness, throw in more gore that could be the monster, could be man made or could be unrelated (great white casualties, orca attacks, squid attack, killed by the millionare and his men, a government of anykind testing a weapons program...something!) Red herrings left and right for what is the monster and what is not...
Anyways needless to say, I am not really thinking of taking up the series
The parts I loved were great, the parts that lost me... I am still lost on. There was so much to build on!!!
The biggest problems I have picked out are that EASILY could have been fixed
1.way to many characters knew way too much too soon. Why did the random French lady have a camera? That got one clear picture? If I were editing, I would have said, "Create more tension." Xyz believes that the monster is real and Abc does not. Have the military be divided on the subject. Is it really a monster? It it a crazy Atlantian biotech? Is it an alien? Is it the lochness monster? Is it an enemy submarine? (North Korean, Russian, Chinese, Arabian?)
2. Leave Giona (Jonah *eyeroll*) a mysterious blank, unaware that she's not in the water dreaming mysterious dreams (acient civilization? Past lives?) Even better, just a normal blank, we could have thought she was dead 2/3? 3/4? Of the way through!!
3. Under play the bad man angles. Again, it is too much upfront that these are "bad guys" throw in a red herring. A curve ball is ge good. Is he bad? make some of the bad guys likable and sneaky. Treacherous.. take a George RR M approach where you never know who is on what side.
4. Like MEG (Alten) or Kronos Rising (Hawthorn) play on the sexy woman, sexy man angles, that these people are attractive and charismatic makes some of the "superhuman" or "extra good luck multiple times on multiple fronts" more glossoverable. Our main character should have been Adonis (Alex Hunter, Jack Reacher, Acheron Parthenopaeus, Jason Bourne) smart, sexy, fit, it's a tripe because it works. The rekindled romance between two souls, her a genius, sexy, curvy, gin drinking, chocolate loving, tiny prize fighter.
5. Make the monster much more mysterious, drag out the reveals a bit more, play up the deadlyness, throw in more gore that could be the monster, could be man made or could be unrelated (great white casualties, orca attacks, squid attack, killed by the millionare and his men, a government of anykind testing a weapons program...something!) Red herrings left and right for what is the monster and what is not...
Anyways needless to say, I am not really thinking of taking up the series
abeckstrom's review
3.0
This review is for the audiobook version of Kronos by Jeremy Robinson and read by Jeffrey Kafer. Despite the fact that it’s the fifth the Origina series it feels fairly standalone. I’ve only read one, non-sequential book in this series and while I didn’t feel like I missed anything by not having read any of the others, I also didn’t feel like it was connected to part of a larger storyline.
Kronos is a ripping hood yarn. Robinson delivered an entertaining, tale with plenty of action, thrills, and a unique take on biblical allegories/myths. However apart from Atticus and O’Shea, I didn’t find any of the other characters very compelling.
I didn’t rate Kronos higher largely because it didn’t *feel* as well written as other Robinson books I’ve read. Way too many similes, metaphors, and cliches for my taste.
Kafer delivered another fine reading of Robinson’s material. He’s dependable.
**** I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
Kronos is a ripping hood yarn. Robinson delivered an entertaining, tale with plenty of action, thrills, and a unique take on biblical allegories/myths. However apart from Atticus and O’Shea, I didn’t find any of the other characters very compelling.
I didn’t rate Kronos higher largely because it didn’t *feel* as well written as other Robinson books I’ve read. Way too many similes, metaphors, and cliches for my taste.
Kafer delivered another fine reading of Robinson’s material. He’s dependable.
**** I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
mrose21's review against another edition
3.0
Can't be bothered to write a full review so Its an OK read but I was only reading for a challenge. Its just a bit odd to be honest.
blakemp's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting story about a former Navy SEAL who sets out to find the enormous monster that consumed his 16-year-old daughter while on a scuba diving expedition. The story is pretty tight, and a few elements that seemed superfluous kind of came together at the end to make Robinson's point. Some of the characters, especially the villains, are somewhat two-dimensional, but the situation is interesting enough to draw you along. I liked this book, and I'll be looking for more from Robinson.
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