Book: ‘The Trench’ by Steve Alten – August 12th, 2018
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.12, 2018, under Books
The Trench by Steve Alten
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Alten continues the fun in this second in the Meg series. This one shows a maturity in Alten’s writing as there is far more science and complexity to the Story.
As with the first, i like Alten’s build up to events with plots twists and various levels of storytelling going on. Alten uses the technique of cutting back and forth from scene to scene. This can become very confusing, but Alten lays it out well.
Again Alten does an excellent job writing the settings. There are times you feel you should be wearing a face mask. He also excels writing the dialogue of a lot of characters. Most all of the characters are distinct.
Alten slips a bit with all of the scenes in an underwater facility that becomes confusing to imagine at times. I also find it hard to believe that the megladon waited so long to wreak such havoc. Other prehistoric monsters are also introduced that seem to indicate there are a myriad of sea monsters that no one has ever seen before. Great science fiction, but too much beyond believe ability for me.
A side note: The film, ‘Meg’, is based more on this book than the first.
Overall this is a great book for adventure and fun.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 7 out of ten points.
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