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A review by soniaandstories
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
3.0
*SPOILERS*
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Alright, firstly I want to appreciate how much research this took, the engaging premise, and detailed networking of characters. Also, caveat. This is my first sci-fi, so maybe I’m not the intended audience for this kind of approach.
What didn’t work for me: relentless commentary on each characters thoughts and feelings, backstory, etc. All. The. Time. Middle of an action scene? Flashback. Trying to move a conversation forward? Excess narration on someone’s reaction doubling the whole scene in length. I’m realizing very character driven suspense/thrillers are not my thing.
There also weren’t nearly enough mermaids. When we got sirens, they were magnificent. The writer knows how to write engaging and enthralling suspenseful moments. I wanted more!! Uninterrupted by a stupid character’s cheesy line or disruptive, dramatic. flashback.
The characters were all stupid for how smart they were.
Olivia: “do you think he drowned?”
No I think he probably died from the siren engulfing his whole face.
“What are they hunting?” Obviously you.
“What climbed up the side of the ship…” Obviously a siren.
“What are you doing out here?” They’re hunters and there are sirens on the ship Luis. They’re not there to spy on you.
The dialogue was a bit awkward at times, too long of a lull in the story about the characters drama, past hurt, and CONSTANT bickering. Seriously, everyone was really clueless. I couldn’t have cared less about who’s mad at who and for why.
I LOVED the few snippets from the sirens’ perspectives.
The ending was felt inauthentic, I would have rather there just been like a bunch of sirens without the big boss lady.
Three versus two stars because I was invested in seeing how the story panned out and didn’t feel like DNFing at any point.
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Alright, firstly I want to appreciate how much research this took, the engaging premise, and detailed networking of characters. Also, caveat. This is my first sci-fi, so maybe I’m not the intended audience for this kind of approach.
What didn’t work for me: relentless commentary on each characters thoughts and feelings, backstory, etc. All. The. Time. Middle of an action scene? Flashback. Trying to move a conversation forward? Excess narration on someone’s reaction doubling the whole scene in length. I’m realizing very character driven suspense/thrillers are not my thing.
There also weren’t nearly enough mermaids. When we got sirens, they were magnificent. The writer knows how to write engaging and enthralling suspenseful moments. I wanted more!! Uninterrupted by a stupid character’s cheesy line or disruptive, dramatic. flashback.
The characters were all stupid for how smart they were.
Olivia: “do you think he drowned?”
No I think he probably died from the siren engulfing his whole face.
“What are they hunting?” Obviously you.
“What climbed up the side of the ship…” Obviously a siren.
“What are you doing out here?” They’re hunters and there are sirens on the ship Luis. They’re not there to spy on you.
The dialogue was a bit awkward at times, too long of a lull in the story about the characters drama, past hurt, and CONSTANT bickering. Seriously, everyone was really clueless. I couldn’t have cared less about who’s mad at who and for why.
I LOVED the few snippets from the sirens’ perspectives.
The ending was felt inauthentic, I would have rather there just been like a bunch of sirens without the big boss lady.
Three versus two stars because I was invested in seeing how the story panned out and didn’t feel like DNFing at any point.