canibefictionaltoo 's review for:

Sphere by Michael Crichton

3.25

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I was so pumped with the first half of this book, what do you MEAN there was a giant metal ball at the bottom of the ocean and nobody knows where its from? It was so grippy at the start. I loved the scifi parts of this, i loved all the sciency bits. 

And then things happen and this becomes more of an action thriller and im just left with so many questions. And not in a good way. I just thought there were a lot of plotholes and it was executed kinda poorly? But then this was written ages ago so yeah idk. (Also clearly a product of its time with the way it describes the women in the crew ugh) 

youre telling me the US government is spending billions of dollars to send a crew of people underwater to investigate an alien metal ball, theres a STORM and thats all it takes and they cut contact and thats it? There is absolutely nobody from the outside making any contact. Why didnt they account for the storm in the first place? 
Also in the ending they all float up with this submarine that has cute step by step instructions and youre telling me THAT WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME THEN WHY DIDNT YOU GO UP IN THE FIRST PLACE? or why wasnt there ANY effort from scientists on the surface to make contact with them and figure out if theyre okay? Like what?