bookswithscrump 's review for:

The Deep by Nick Cutter
3.0

Another somewhat-page turner from Nick Cutter, a good summer read for me because it kept me curious as to what was happening and gripped me from the start, but I don't think I would recommend it. The pacing bumped it up to a 3 from a 2.5 for me, since I couldn't put it down.

Compared to his other works I've read (The Troop and The Acolyte), this has been my least favourite to read. I felt like the story wasn't as well written as his other works, and it felt a little chaotic to me. Also, I understand why the 'Gets was included, but I would have liked the story to focus on that a bit more (since it was one of the things that piqued my interest), since it wasn't really part of the story at all.

He also seems to really like the insect/bug/animal death imagery, and I found it got to be a bit much in this book.