claudia_is_reading's review
4.0
Original, entertaining and scary, this is a good book, except that the end feels rushed. I also would have enjoyed a little bit more info on the creature. I know that in horror, the unknown is scarier than what we can see, but it's a little frustrating.
Nevertheless, it scared me, the plot is intriguing, and it trapped me from the very beginning, therefore the four stars.
Nevertheless, it scared me, the plot is intriguing, and it trapped me from the very beginning, therefore the four stars.
victoria80's review against another edition
4.0
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I loved this short novel! It caught my attention whilst I was looking through the Kindle Unlimited horror section and I’m so glad it did.
It does exactly what it says in the blurb. A story about a creature that emerges from the sea every fourteen months to devour a human sacrifice and the man who sees this creature whilst on his morning run/swim.
The writing style was straightforward and does not have a lot of descriptive text, allowing you to completely imagine the characters and creature.
It definitely left me with lots of questions and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
This story did not terrify me whilst reading it but it is unsettling and, as I walk my dogs by the sea, it’s made me more than a little wary 😂
I loved this short novel! It caught my attention whilst I was looking through the Kindle Unlimited horror section and I’m so glad it did.
It does exactly what it says in the blurb. A story about a creature that emerges from the sea every fourteen months to devour a human sacrifice and the man who sees this creature whilst on his morning run/swim.
The writing style was straightforward and does not have a lot of descriptive text, allowing you to completely imagine the characters and creature.
It definitely left me with lots of questions and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
This story did not terrify me whilst reading it but it is unsettling and, as I walk my dogs by the sea, it’s made me more than a little wary 😂
daelly's review
2.0
I feel like the main issue was the mystery disappeared top quickly for me. Then it was more about characters and their fates.
What was sighted, who the woman was etc. - it was all revealed early and I started to lose interest a bit as I read it for the mystery of these.. And stuff started happening to characters before you even properly established their personalities, so I was just bothered reading those parts.
What was sighted, who the woman was etc. - it was all revealed early and I started to lose interest a bit as I read it for the mystery of these.. And stuff started happening to characters before you even properly established their personalities, so I was just bothered reading those parts.
claudia_is_reading's review against another edition
4.0
Original, entertaining and scary, this is a good book, except that the end feels rushed. I also would have enjoyed a little bit more info on the creature. I know that in horror, the unknown is scarier than what we can see, but it's a little frustrating.
Nevertheless, it scared me, the plot is intriguing, and it trapped me from the very beginning, therefore the four stars.
Nevertheless, it scared me, the plot is intriguing, and it trapped me from the very beginning, therefore the four stars.
robosquid's review
3.0
A short but intense read about a man's encounter with a man-shaped monster, rising out of the sea at dawn one day.
It was ok, quite well-written, but the plot lacked something. I just didn't get the protagonist's reaction to the loss of one of the other characters, and I didn't get why the nasty lady - Lynn - had deified the monster to such an extent. It was implied that the monster was somehow controlling or influencing her, but how, if it only appeared one every 14 months? Didn't make sense to me.
3.5 stars.
It was ok, quite well-written, but the plot lacked something. I just didn't get the protagonist's reaction to the loss of one of the other characters, and I didn't get why the nasty lady - Lynn - had deified the monster to such an extent. It was implied that the monster was somehow controlling or influencing her, but how, if it only appeared one every 14 months? Didn't make sense to me.
3.5 stars.
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