Reviews

Blind Waves by Steven Gould

mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition

4.0

A fun re-read. It was fun to have a ya style book but with older protagonists. And interesting to see a relatively early drowned world. And to recall that when I read this at first I probably wouldn't have thought of the US government as being evil as plausible. Looking forward to meeting the author on Saturday. The book has a lot of underwater stuff and a bunch of untranslated Spanish. And it kind of ends fairly abruptly. But it basically works and is worth reading. And it would be awesome to see more stories set in this world.

brixdan's review against another edition

As I love the books Jumper and Reflex by Gould, I was sadly disappointed with this novel. It was entertaining enough, but not engaging. It kind of reminded me of the the last Dan Brown book I read Deception Point. I know Gould can do better than this and it made the book mundane.

Really, this book felt like a beach book. Something you take while you soak in the sun, but not something meaty enough to read without distractions.

iguana_mama's review against another edition

2.0

After the brilliant [b:Jumper|47970|Jumper (Jumper, #1)|Steven Gould|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1304981770s/47970.jpg|3050557], I really looked forward to this underwater adventure by Steven Gould. While the premise was intriguing, the story was rather a disappointment. The plot started to pick up pace after the early boring submarine scenes, but the science was nearly non-existent, the mystery was predictable and the romance was pathetic. It was a novel that didn't fit neatly into any genre, yet it failed miserably at all of them. The quotes from Shakespeare were irritating and the dialogue between the characters didn't flow naturally to me. While several reviewers seemed to be bothered by the use of Spanish words, I found it to be well done. Some good ideas, like the politics of INS and racism issues were very interesting but not developed well enough.