Reviews

To The Center Of The Earth by Greig Beck

mnakka9's review against another edition

4.0

Fun... Like a timepass mindless fun... Could have been a greatest novel if not for idiocy of some characters.

millennialbookreview's review against another edition

1.0

To the Center of the Earth was a book I wasn’t very impressed by. The horror elements of the novel were executed very well. At the same time, none of the characters came off as very likable or sympathetic. The plot was predictable. The climax of the story was slightly below average and the writing was as well. I had a big issue with the plot holes in the novel. I can see what the author was trying to do with this story, but I don’t think it was achieved. I could see a casual reader looking for a fun horror, adventure story liking this book, but it wasn’t the book for me.

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renila's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

reuben_books's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

I'll admit I picked up this book because I thought it was the original, not a retelling/spin off, and I'd say in general it is a pretty middle of the road novel.

I thought the writing was quite clumsy at times, but some of the horror descriptions were disgustingly good. 

I didn't find myself really caring about the characters, they were all pretty forgettable and seemed very emotionless, especially when their friends dies. I also found a lot of the descriptions, especially of the landscape, difficult to picture in my head. 

All in all, it wasn't horribly bad, but not spectacularly good either. I probably will pick up the next book in the series.

sourpatch409's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

5.0

nicola_carstens's review against another edition

5.0

I enjoyed this book so much! The characters are well developed and the story is captivating.

greyhart's review against another edition

4.0

A very nice old-fashioned science fantasy story.

bookishrabbit's review against another edition

3.0

Struggling between 2.5 and 3 stars for this one. There were some really cool creature moments in this, but the dialogue wasn't great, and the characters constantly made stupid decisions. Their reactions to moments of horror just weren't believable to me.

Still, it was fun and quick and I do think I'll try give another book by this author a chance.

vanquishingvolumes's review

4.0

No. No thank you. A world where insects reigned supreme and mutated?! GIANT SPIDERS AND WATER SPIDERS?!?

What in the H.P. Lovecraft did I just read. The movie The Descent meets H.P.Lovecraft in a chilling tale of spelunkers racing to break world records of caving to the deepest depth in the world. No. Really. Like center of the earth deep. Only they aren’t alone down there.

biblio_kel's review

DNF chapter 7

I had to DNF this one because the main male and female protagonists were trash people who willing withhold important safety information from their friends in order to accomplish their own personal agenda (the male) and because...I don't know...attraction? Romance? (the female).

And the remaining characters are not well-developed and I suspect are only there to increase the body count.

So there's no character worth becoming invested in and the story just feels pretty generic and obvious from the start. 

There were other reasons too. Like too much focus on pseudo-science, the really unnecessary romantic sub-plot, and a weird focus on mundane elements like how long cavers can hold in their waste before "dropping a log the size of a loaf of bread".