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marbleharbor's review against another edition
The characters were very badly written. The first few chapters were so hard to read, I started skimming it. A poorly written ripoff of jurassic park. The movie is much better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
Moderate: Sexism
andremay's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Gore, Sexism, and Death
seawarrior's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
3.0
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: Sexism, Cannibalism, and Gore
katkinslee's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It was rather misogynistic in parts and sometimes the language was rough, the romance came out of no where and the women weren't written very well.
Aside from these things it was so easy to read, I flew through it in one day and the action was really great. I'm not sure how accurate it is scientifically speaking but if you can put that aside it was an entertaining story.
Aside from these things it was so easy to read, I flew through it in one day and the action was really great. I'm not sure how accurate it is scientifically speaking but if you can put that aside it was an entertaining story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Sexism, Gore, Death, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide and Misogyny
Minor: Infidelity
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