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Abyss, on 17 June 2019 - 05:34 PM, said:
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Abyss, on 20 April 2011 - 02:03 PM, said:
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MEG. By Steve Alten.
This is inherently a weak book. Flat characters. Predictable plot, what there is of it. Generally mediocre all around. At best.
Except when the MASSIVE SIXTY FOOT JURASSIC SHARK is 'on screen', in which case BEST BOOK EVER!
Okay, not really, not really even close, but for a fairly quick lite read, the scenes between shark attacks are basicaly just filler and the shark scenes are awesome fun.
Truly a turn-the-brainz-off book in most ways. But great monster shark carnage.
MEG. By Steve Alten.
This is inherently a weak book. Flat characters. Predictable plot, what there is of it. Generally mediocre all around. At best.
Except when the MASSIVE SIXTY FOOT JURASSIC SHARK is 'on screen', in which case BEST BOOK EVER!
Okay, not really, not really even close, but for a fairly quick lite read, the scenes between shark attacks are basicaly just filler and the shark scenes are awesome fun.
Truly a turn-the-brainz-off book in most ways. But great monster shark carnage.
...just bought the rest of the MEG books....The Trench. Primal Waters. Hell's Aquarium... I feel dirty.
Look, they were just sitting there for like $3 each, what was i SUPPOSED to do???
- Abyss, ...thinks he's gonna need a bigger bookshelf...
....look, MEG: NIGHTSTALKERS and MEG:GENERATIONS... someone has to buy these or they will just sit there until the giant jurassic sharks invade and no one will know what to do and i can't have that on my conscience.
Abyss, on 19 June 2019 - 02:58 PM, said:
I couldn't resist jumping into Alton's MEG: NIGHTSTALKERS. Silly at times, but when characters are dealing with the megalodons and other dino-sea-beasties, this series is a blast. Was a bit thrown (annoyed) when the author linked in his LOCH and VOSTOK books... honestly, the MEG series didn't need this but i guess he wanted the extra sales... thirty seconds online told me what little i could have figured out anyways. By the point in the book where it arises i was sufficiently engaged in the rest of the storylines not to care much so far.
Just finished MEG: NIGHTSTALKERS.
Look, anyone who has made it to what is book six in a series either likes it despite its shortcomings or has a penchant for hatereading. I (mostly) do not hateread. I may skim to get to an end i'm curious about in a book i'm not loving, but i won't waste time.
NIGHTSTALKERS (so titled because most of the beasties in it hunt at night, d'uh) is not the worse book in the MEG series... that was whichever book features a reality tv show cast being stalked by a Megalodon, and even that was mostly entertaining. These books are candy reads to see how the author writes the monster attacks, and say what i will about Alton, he writes a fine monster. Some of the action bits are pretty great even if i could care less about the characters, some of whom in the finest monster story tradition are intro'd just to get eaten.
The storyline worked in from his other non-MEG books is annoying, but handwaveable.
If you read the rest of the series, you'll enjoy this. If you didn't, or bailed, i wouldn't recommend coming back.
Rumour is book 6 MEG: GENERATIONS utterly cliffhangs for a yet to be written alleged last in the series book 7, so i won't rush back, but decent chance i'll finish it when he's done writing it.
Then.. back to HELL DIVERS: WOLVES.
Again, candy, and this is book 4 in a candy sf actioner series. To his credit the author avoids the near video game like structure of the previous three and breaks the story and fight scenes up a little better - less 'story-fight-story-smaller fight-story-REALLY big fight', writes the characters a bit less archetypical (a bit), adds a little more intrigue and spin to the world building. Also, the action scenes are bonkers great and the way the series has gone, anyone can die so the stakes are very real.
About five chapters to go, if you enjoyed the series so far, this is probably the best book yet. Great fun, may jump straight into book five if the next RED RISING hasn't dropped yet.
If post apocalyptic shoot em ups aren't your thing, skip.
