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Meg by Steve Alten
3.5
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes

I like the opening chapter of this. Informing the reader just how long the Meg has been around.
 First chapter let's us meet our protagonist Jonas Taylor who believes the Meg to still exsist to this day as well as to his theories on how it is possible.
 He is being recruited to look at something that seems to have been attacked by an unknown thing deep in the ocean. The discovery of a possible tooth fuels Jonas into once more diving deep into the waters.
 Hearing Jonas go into greater detail about how the Meg could survive is really quite fascinating and I enjoy the scientific aspect quite a bit.
 The Meg has in fact been spotted and ruthlessly killed one of the divers down in the Challenger Deep. Great tense scene. The claustrophobic feel of both the dark waters and being in one of the submersibles. And we learn there is more than one Meg...
 Truly terrifyingly written scenes as the Meg continues to attack and wreak havoc now that it has surfaced. 
 Some great last minute action as two different groups converge on the Meg. One to save and the other to destroy. Mounting tension as the Meg wakes up from being tranquilizer and much panic ensues.
 The ending was just balls to the wall crazy and I really enjoyed it