aclopez6's review against another edition
4.0
I really wanted to watch another movie like the Meg, so I read this. It was fine, but I would not necessarily read anything else by the team of authors/illustrators.
youraveragedave's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Nice art, a little too wordy, not enough megalodon. Will probably continue with the series.
trike's review against another edition
2.0
First off, the art in this is often *spectacular*. I mean, just look at that cover by Eric Henninot. Even when he draws mundane things they look amazing. The second half by Milan Jovanovic is pretty great, too, and only suffers slightly by comparison to Henninot. It’s worth picking up just for the drawing.
Where the book really falls apart is the story. It’s just a mess, and all over the place. Not just in terms of location but also time. It would have been fine if they had stuck with just trying to find megalodon, the prehistoric shark that was a whale-sized great white. But they add in all sorts of plesiosaurs, giant crocodilians, enormous jellyfish, the lost city of Atlantis, mermen, and even a yeti.
It never follows one track long enough for it to make an impact, and Bec never comes to a conclusion about anything. After 260 pages, you’d think one thread or another would get wrapped up, but they never do.
The megalodons are strangely hyperviolent for some reason, constantly taking out boats. Once, in a scene directly from [b:Jaws 2|411944|Jaws 2|Hank Searls|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1239984518s/411944.jpg|401191], one of them even eats a helicopter. There’s a really interesting story to be told here, but this ADD type of storytelling is annoying as hell. The focus is scattered because there’s too much going on. It doesn’t help that the characters don’t behave the way real people would. That just underscores the silliness.
I can’t even call it Science Fiction because he even invokes actual magic from a ritual by Australian aboriginals. I’d love to see a better version of this story, except using the same artists.
Where the book really falls apart is the story. It’s just a mess, and all over the place. Not just in terms of location but also time. It would have been fine if they had stuck with just trying to find megalodon, the prehistoric shark that was a whale-sized great white. But they add in all sorts of plesiosaurs, giant crocodilians, enormous jellyfish, the lost city of Atlantis, mermen, and even a yeti.
It never follows one track long enough for it to make an impact, and Bec never comes to a conclusion about anything. After 260 pages, you’d think one thread or another would get wrapped up, but they never do.
The megalodons are strangely hyperviolent for some reason, constantly taking out boats. Once, in a scene directly from [b:Jaws 2|411944|Jaws 2|Hank Searls|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1239984518s/411944.jpg|401191], one of them even eats a helicopter. There’s a really interesting story to be told here, but this ADD type of storytelling is annoying as hell. The focus is scattered because there’s too much going on. It doesn’t help that the characters don’t behave the way real people would. That just underscores the silliness.
I can’t even call it Science Fiction because he even invokes actual magic from a ritual by Australian aboriginals. I’d love to see a better version of this story, except using the same artists.
riverwise's review against another edition
3.0
Just your average everyday story of gigantic prehistoric sharks, lost underwater cities, billionaire centenarians, dinosaurs, explorers, yeti and indigenous Australian myth. By the end it collapses under the weight of its glorious insanity, but it’s a fun ride and I’ll be back for part two
esquetee's review against another edition
4.0
If you want one book that ties together prehistoric creatures, Loch Ness, merpeople, and Atlantis then here you go! Rocky start with too much jumping around in place and time but once the story settled into a flow it was fun.
svarnyp's review against another edition
2.0
A comics about underwater exploration and ancient creatures. Its pacing is quite slow and it takes its time to reveal the story behind. I found it a little too convenient (and less believable) how many characters are interconnected. Also, it uses some of the cliche ideas (e.g. dreams based on genetic heritage or indigenous people knowing more about what is going on and being all mysterious about it).
zerobot's review against another edition
2.0
My goodness, how can a book about giant sharks be so boring?
I don’t know how it happened, but this book just spins its wheels in uninteresting ways amidst scene after scene of techno-action false grandeur. People flirt around the world seemingly at random and characters (who all look the same apart from a few with creative hairstyles) interact with one another in random combinations but with no weight, no sense of significance.
The only thing that saves it is some decent art.
I don’t know how it happened, but this book just spins its wheels in uninteresting ways amidst scene after scene of techno-action false grandeur. People flirt around the world seemingly at random and characters (who all look the same apart from a few with creative hairstyles) interact with one another in random combinations but with no weight, no sense of significance.
The only thing that saves it is some decent art.
rthesquirrelgirl's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0