{"id":5993,"date":"2018-10-26T20:17:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T00:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=5993"},"modified":"2018-10-26T20:19:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T00:19:38","slug":"book-review-the-deep-by-nick-cutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-the-deep-by-nick-cutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Deep by Nick Cutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Deep <\/em>by Nick Cutter<\/p>\n

Pocket Books, 2015<\/p>\n

ISBN: 978-1-4767-1774-6<\/p>\n

Available: Paperback, mass market paperback,\u00a0 library binding, Kindle edition, audiobook<\/p>\n

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With his second novel, The Deep,<\/em> author Nick Cutter has his modus operandi firmly established: keep the number of main characters to five or less, put them in an isolated setting, add in a biological menace to terrorize the characters, and a dash of blood, and voila<\/em>, you have a thriller\/horror novel.\u00a0 It\u2019s the formula he uses, and he does it very well. \u00a0This book moves at a fast clip: no lengthy expositions or wasted time.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good thriller from one of the better writers of the genre.<\/p>\n

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The plot: it\u2019s present day, and the human population is being ravaged to extinction by a new disease called the \u2018Gets.\u00a0 The only possible hope for a cure lies in a research station at the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific, in the form of a new sort of biological organism.\u00a0 As the book opens, contact with the three scientists at the research station has been lost.\u00a0 Luke Nelson is the brother of Clayton Nelson, one of the scientists trapped on the bottom.\u00a0 For reasons unknown to Luke, he\u2019s brought in to make the trip to the bottom and re-establish contact with Clayton and the others.\u00a0 \u00a0Once he gets to the station, mayhem results. \u00a0The biological organism is not what it seems, and it bends reality for all the humans, causing deadly results.<\/p>\n

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Most of the book takes place in the claustrophobic environs of the research station. The characters quickly realize they are trapped in a station where reality and fantasy, through their dreams and nightmares, quickly meld together: distinguishing between them becomes almost impossible.\u00a0 Cutter\u2019s skill really shines here.\u00a0 You start to feel claustrophobic on reading some of the sequences, such as the ones with characters trapped in corridors or ducts.\u00a0 Add in the terror the characters feel from the creatures (or figments of their nightmares) pursuing them, and you have a first rate thriller.\u00a0 The descriptions are perfect: Cutter really lets you feel the emotions of the characters as they struggle to survive.\u00a0 The backstory on Luke Nelson and Clay Nelson is filled in with chapters interspersed throughout the book that reference a point in their lives growing up.\u00a0 As it turns out, those chapters are not just asides for understanding the characters, but play a part in the overall story thread. These chapters do help flesh the brothers out, but they won\u2019t change your thinking about them.\u00a0 They are pretty much good or evil: there\u2019s very little in-between.<\/p>\n

The only drawback to the book is the ending, which felt rushed and seemed confusing, asking more questions than it answered.\u00a0 After over 480 pages of excellent writing, the last 10 just felt tacked on.\u00a0 Outside of that, this is an excellent thriller\/horror novel, recommended for adults and teens alike.<\/p>\n

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Contains: violence, mild gore<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Murray Samuelson<\/p>\n

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