A review by winlei
The Deep by Nick Cutter

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was so……. odd? I can’t tell if I actually enjoyed this experience. It never veered fully into scary, except maybe at the beginning, with the explanation of the ‘Gets - but mainly because any dementia-related illness is inherently horrific. Definitely more psychological horror than anything else. I’m not sure if it really reached the heights it could have - but I do love an underwater/outer space location as a setting for a horror story, so it got points with me solely based off of that. Unfortunately, the setting had no impact on the story whatsoever so that was extremely disappointing. 
If you like Stephen King’s ramblings to expand on a character’s extremely tragic backstory, intermixed with your horror elements, you may particularly enjoy this. 

The 3-phrase vibe review: 
  • Isolation
  • Mind games 
  • Parasitology 
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