A review by emmonsannae
The Deep by Alma Katsu

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

1.5

Ahhh, I really wanted to like this book! The positive is that it’s well written and I enjoyed its prose. I would definitely read something else by the same author. The negatives: I didn’t end up enjoying the story at all. I didn’t find the way it shaped out to be compelling. The supernatural elements were too spread out, so their conclusion (to me) felt contrived. I really disliked the weird throuple energy the main characters ended up having—that relationship and how it was treated in the story made the historical aspect much less believable. By the end of the novel, the whole thing felt like the 21st century transposed into the early 20th, rather than an immersion in the latter, which is what I think was most disappointing to me. Ultimately I think the book was just trying to be too many things, and that it could have been far better by doing less. 
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