A review by carolsnotebook
The World Beneath by Rebecca Cantrell
4.0
The World Beneath is just a fun book. Joe Tesla is rich and extremely intelligent, but can’t go outside due to extreme agoraphobia. While in the tunnels under New York, he meets a man who is then brutally murdered near a long bricked in train car. Joe has to make sure he doesn’t get killed too, and in the process stumbles into a nightmare of a conspiracy.
Joe is charming and while obviously not fearless, he is determined and inventive. He’s a whiz with computers, but also understands people, which is a nice change. His service dog Edison is adorable, and I was more worried for him than I was for Joe. He also has a couple people who are wholly on his side, and they each bring their own strengths.
The plot is well-done. The tension holds throughout and even though the reader knows who all the players all, you still wonder what can happen next. And the fact that Joe can’t go outside, is basically trapped in the tunnels and Grand Central makes for an interesting complication. There are lots of shops, restaurants, etc, attached to Grand Central, but how far those tunnels stretch, subway, sewage, steam, is invaluable to Joe in his search for the truth.
The World Beneath is fast-paced and enjoyable. If it were a movie, my husband and i would go see it, no question. There’s no romance, lots of blood, which is part of the problem for at least one character, plenty of suspicious behavior and a great hero.
It’s the first in a series, but finishes its story. It’s not just a set-up for the next one, which I appreciate, but the end does give you a thread left untied for the next one.
Joe is charming and while obviously not fearless, he is determined and inventive. He’s a whiz with computers, but also understands people, which is a nice change. His service dog Edison is adorable, and I was more worried for him than I was for Joe. He also has a couple people who are wholly on his side, and they each bring their own strengths.
The plot is well-done. The tension holds throughout and even though the reader knows who all the players all, you still wonder what can happen next. And the fact that Joe can’t go outside, is basically trapped in the tunnels and Grand Central makes for an interesting complication. There are lots of shops, restaurants, etc, attached to Grand Central, but how far those tunnels stretch, subway, sewage, steam, is invaluable to Joe in his search for the truth.
The World Beneath is fast-paced and enjoyable. If it were a movie, my husband and i would go see it, no question. There’s no romance, lots of blood, which is part of the problem for at least one character, plenty of suspicious behavior and a great hero.
It’s the first in a series, but finishes its story. It’s not just a set-up for the next one, which I appreciate, but the end does give you a thread left untied for the next one.