A review by kiramke
The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It by Helen Scales

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

Yeah, it counts as a spooky fall read because the deep sea is hella creepy.  I enjoyed this, both seriously and because I have that creepy-fascination.  That said, it is very depressing when we get to the global actions perpetrated by a small number of countries taking advantage of economic situations elsewhere, which is what you get when you talk about the pacific. Sigh. The 20% of this book that is just a treatise against seabed mining is, I mean, well-written and necessary but very long and bleak and hard to get through.  If it were structured differently it might be a bit easier to digest. 

Counterpoint: this is the second book I read recently about a difficult topic and then complained a bit that it was difficult, so maybe I'm just in a mood.