This book is so much fun. in my opinion, you can never have too many stories about megalodons. There’s room for everybody on this genre’s stage, and I’m looking forward to reading more by this author. I’ve binged the book because it was just unputdownable.
When everybody thinks of stories about giant sharks, the first names that spring to mind are Peter Benchley, Steve Alten, and Greig Beck, but this story is an entertaining and fresh take on the whole premise. The way that the heroine ultimately tackles her final confrontation with the shark is something we haven’t seen before. And she’s a great character- smart and feminine without being cheesy and stereotypical, which the female characters in The Meg definitely are. As much as I have enjoyed the Meg series, that’s just a fact of those books, as entertaining as they are. But Coco, the heroine here, is made of different stuff.
One thing that sets this book apart from others in its genre is that it doesn’t delve too deeply into the scientific reasoning for why sharks act the way they do. It just focuses on entertainment and good storytelling. The stakes are always extremely high, the characters are always in danger, and there were a few times I even felt myself holding my breath while I was listening.
The narrator has a bit of an odd style, but I didn’t find it off-putting or distracting. I would say as far as narration goes it’s probably somewhere in the middle of good and average. But that’s fine, it works, and his accents are pretty convincing. I would definitely listen to other books narrated by this actor.
Overall, if you like sharks and thrillers, you’ll probably enjoy this as much as I did. It feels like the first story in a series about cool undersea creatures, and I hope we’ll see many more from this author.