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A review by icanreadish
Below by Kev Harrison
fast-paced
3.0
Below by Kev Harrison follows a camera crew venturing down in the dark to answer the mystery of Nick's grandfather's disappearance years ago.
I'm a huge fan of subterranean horror - the Descent, As Above So Below & the Luminous Dead are some of my favorite pieces of media. So, I'm thrilled to see another book in the genre. However, I never felt immersed or had a clear vision of the setting other than 'big rock to scale'. To me, the scariest thing about this subgenre is the setting, and here the setting came second to the creature / the mystery behind the grandfather figure. I also felt the TV camera crew angle was very underdeveloped and underutilized. The cover is also . . . not great (a blinding white background for a novel that takes place mostly underground?)
I'm a huge fan of subterranean horror - the Descent, As Above So Below & the Luminous Dead are some of my favorite pieces of media. So, I'm thrilled to see another book in the genre. However, I never felt immersed or had a clear vision of the setting other than 'big rock to scale'. To me, the scariest thing about this subgenre is the setting, and here the setting came second to the creature / the mystery behind the grandfather figure. I also felt the TV camera crew angle was very underdeveloped and underutilized. The cover is also . . . not great (a blinding white background for a novel that takes place mostly underground?)