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A review by lmmountford
Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten
3.0
So this is my second attempt at reading MEG: HA. I first tried 10 years ago but lost interest after the story started to get beyond silly.
After finishing Vostok however I decided to try again and unfortunately, it did warm on me. The problem is, the story seems to of been written for the pay cheque rather than for the actual story. The premise alone is hard to swallow, a hidden sea infested with very ancient predators, ruled by leoplordens (that are far more enormous than the fossilized remains due to hunting megalodon). Ummm ... yea, looney land next stop. Also, how come EVERYTHING goes wrong? And i mean everything! It's just so hard to believe.
But for me the worst thing of all is, where is the justice? The arab whos constantly blackmailing people to do what he wants, but when things go wrong he black mails others to do as he wants or he'll leave them to die. The greedy protests. The drill sargent with an axe to grind. The book has more than it's fair share of human villians, but only the spy in the lagoon swims with the fishs. Yet so many innocent people die in their place, the people you want to survive.
I suppose it's a ploy of ensuring people read the sequel, but i'm afraid it only ruins a good story for me.
After finishing Vostok however I decided to try again and unfortunately, it did warm on me. The problem is, the story seems to of been written for the pay cheque rather than for the actual story. The premise alone is hard to swallow, a hidden sea infested with very ancient predators, ruled by leoplordens (that are far more enormous than the fossilized remains due to hunting megalodon). Ummm ... yea, looney land next stop. Also, how come EVERYTHING goes wrong? And i mean everything! It's just so hard to believe.
But for me the worst thing of all is, where is the justice? The arab whos constantly blackmailing people to do what he wants, but when things go wrong he black mails others to do as he wants or he'll leave them to die. The greedy protests. The drill sargent with an axe to grind. The book has more than it's fair share of human villians, but only the spy in the lagoon swims with the fishs. Yet so many innocent people die in their place, the people you want to survive.
I suppose it's a ploy of ensuring people read the sequel, but i'm afraid it only ruins a good story for me.