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Rolling in the Deep
by Mira Grant
Rating: 4.3/5
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Plot: 4/5 I read 80% in one sitting
Characters: 4/5 (I would have rated it 2 stars bcz I wasn't really attached to any characters, but the scientists, oh the scientists knew what they were doing. The oceanography, the blood testing, them talking about fish bones oh my god. In moments like this, I'm so damn happy to be a science student)
Writing style: 4.7/5 I WAS HOOKED
Pacing: 5/5 So fast yet so slow! The tension builds up so beautifully.
Ending: 4/5. you would think such huge mermaid discovery would spark international research, no hehe lets make a freaky documentary, which people think is edited. Well, to be fair that could very well be the plot of the second book, lemme go read it.
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In depth review:
For centuries, humans have reported sightings of pretty women in the sea singing in beautiful, hypnotising voices, to lure sailors into the dark waters- and drown them.
Cut out the last part! Alas, pretty women in the sea is mesmerising, but pretty murderous women? Not very bedtime friendly huh?
We follow the crew of the ship 'The Atargatis' , scientists, divers, fake mermaid performers, videographers, and a TV personality on the first trip to the Mariana Trench, where they try to film a documentary on their quest on finding mermaids.
The book has some really fascinating descriptions of the sea, science and it obviously knows what it's doing. I really enjoyed it very much. The whole book was very well researched. There were some plotholes in the scientific explanations, but the book acknowledges them and I love it for that.
My only problem with the book is that the POVs change very often. But it's fine, it allows us to explore the whole ship and also the sea.
Also someone tell me why I enjoyed the POV of a water-sample-collecting thingy so much!
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Plot: 4/5 I read 80% in one sitting
Characters: 4/5 (I would have rated it 2 stars bcz I wasn't really attached to any characters, but the scientists, oh the scientists knew what they were doing. The oceanography, the blood testing, them talking about fish bones oh my god. In moments like this, I'm so damn happy to be a science student)
Writing style: 4.7/5 I WAS HOOKED
Pacing: 5/5 So fast yet so slow! The tension builds up so beautifully.
Ending: 4/5. you would think such huge mermaid discovery would spark international research, no hehe lets make a freaky documentary, which people think is edited. Well, to be fair that could very well be the plot of the second book, lemme go read it.
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In depth review:
“We said ‘pretty women in the sea,’ and that was good enough, because who doesn’t want there to be pretty women in the sea? We turned monsters into myths, and then we turned them into fairy tales. We dismissed the bad parts. We were too interested in…in…in pretty women in the sea.”
For centuries, humans have reported sightings of pretty women in the sea singing in beautiful, hypnotising voices, to lure sailors into the dark waters- and drown them.
Cut out the last part! Alas, pretty women in the sea is mesmerising, but pretty murderous women? Not very bedtime friendly huh?
We follow the crew of the ship 'The Atargatis' , scientists, divers, fake mermaid performers, videographers, and a TV personality on the first trip to the Mariana Trench, where they try to film a documentary on their quest on finding mermaids.
The book has some really fascinating descriptions of the sea, science and it obviously knows what it's doing. I really enjoyed it very much. The whole book was very well researched. There were some plotholes in the scientific explanations, but the book acknowledges them and I love it for that.
My only problem with the book is that the POVs change very often. But it's fine, it allows us to explore the whole ship and also the sea.
Also someone tell me why I enjoyed the POV of a water-sample-collecting thingy so much!