It started pretty good and fell flat around the middle and the last. I think it will be far better if the author made it longer to flesh out his characters and give more details about the leviathan. Putting past it and some implausible scenarios presented, I guess it is an okay book. It left me with too many unanswered questions but it'll do.

This book is so bad it makes me grind my teeth.Preposterous circumstances.Events happen for no reason.People's motivations make no sense.Black or white infantile hollywood c movie in a book.I can't finish it.75% and I'm suffering.Personal advice:Stay away from it.

While this is roughly equal in length to another monster novel I just read, in comparison I feel like it takes far too long to get to the actual monster. For a monster novel the monster doesn’t get nearly as much page time as it should. Especially for a story of this length. The characters aren’t nearly enough to carry things especially when you expect a fair number of them to get killed off in a book like this.The world itself has some interesting potential that isn’t really capitalized on as m...

This book is filled with...Dots. So many Dots. There is an... part on almost every page it feels like. Sometimes twice a page. The author uses this to end paragraphs sometimes. It made no sense. The monster doesn't show up until halfway through the book, then after that, it doesn't do much. This is a short book and you'd think you'd want to get to it a little faster. Instead, lots of time is wasted with characters you'll never see again. There is no sense of time, it doesn't matter much. Until y...

If you have seen the movie Leviathan (1989), then you probably don't need to read this book. Though there are some scenic and character changes the premise is the same, right down to some very specific details about the monster's appearance. Many reviewers said it seems like it would make a good B-movie... and they are correct.

InterestingOverall it's an interesting story with memorable characters. There was loose ends that needing tied up that I think would have helped with the ending but overall a good read.

Always been a fan of deep sea horror books, so the idea behind this seemed interesting - a team of oil drillers sent to an abandoned rig in the middle of the ocean to make it operational again, where they encounter a mysterious monster. There were some cool concepts like the mech suits and the creature had some potential to be intriguing. Sadly, this book feels either unfinished or a combination of several short stories mashed together. It's never really explained why this team was chosen. why i...

“Don’t know what’s out there. Ain’t no trainin’ can prepare any of ya for what the sea hides.”This is an underwater monster book taking place mostly in the South Pacific ocean (or North Pacific - it mentions both).I liked this book for what it was - a fast-paced action monster thriller with a high body count. It would make a fun B-grade movie.Bracken owns and runs a failing oil drilling business. This book takes place at a future time when the climates are changing and oil and fresh water are se...

I stuck it out and read the whole thing. It got weirder by the page. My first speed bump was when the crew trained in an 800 foot deep swimming pool.If the monster had been believable, it would have made for a better story.

Cross between Jaws and The Thing (newest one)Six friends and co-workers and some others are run out to try to fix and repair an oil rig to get it producing oil again. What they meet in the ocean is a thing of nightmares. This book is sort of like watching a B movie. It has its moments here and there but not necessarily all the way through the book. If you have any other books by this author and liked them, then you'd probably like this one. I am not sure I would read another because I have so ma...

A BOOGER OF A SEA TALE IT IS...Hello, this short story was pretty good. I think it would have been better if longer and more detailed. Even for a short story, the last 25% or so seemed really rushed. Some of the characters were quite unbelievable, while others were put together pretty good.

This title had a lot of potential but seemed too rushed. I think this should have been done as a series or just a longer novel. The characters were a bit rough, which made it hard to really care about them. Plus, the ending wasn't fulfilling.

Not enough leviathan.I know I gave this three stars, but just barely. The main killer was virtually the same creature in The Thing remake and a few other movies. The leviathan only showed up a few times. If you change a few details, you have a very well used story line here. What saved it are some of the better developed characters. Oh, and I apologize for this minor spoiler, but who puts a self-destruct mechanism on a piece of industrial machinery? Also, the supply drop goof up was seriously im...

One doesn't read monster books for the richly realised characters but it would be good to do a bit more than stock your novel with thin pastiches of people from better works.Also if you're going to have human antagonists, they need actual motivations. This book fails both those requirements and frankly the monsters aren't interesting or entertaining enough to make up for it.

It'll do.Was it entertaining? Yeah, I guess. Were the characters fully realized? Not really. Did it pass some time? Of course. Did I enjoy the book? Sure, why not. I think the most disappointing thing about this book was the failed potential. The author started to create an interesting future world but ultimately the world building fell flat because as fast as things were introduced, they were discarded or never brought up again. Characters suffered a similar fate, I did my best as a reader to c...

Wow. I love DEEP sea adventures. This one does not disappoint. An oil rig out in the middle of the ocean, a massive sea monster and a crazy lady with a gun. What could possibly go wrong. Everything. My heart is still racing! Brilliant book by Lucas Penderson.

Terrific adventureThis was a terrific read, and a wonderful adventure. This well written action yarn kept me engrossed as the pages flew by in rapid succession. The characters were well defined and relatable, and the scenes described made me feel like I vas there. Lots of grotty descriptions of gory death, many (Too many) eyes popping out of people's heads.

That was so incredibly awful in every way.

I think another reviewer said it best when they said this was kind of like watching a B movie. It delivers a story, parts of it hold your attention and other parts leave you scratching your head. This story takes place in (possibly) the near future where the world is a more hostile place with poisonous ash storms springing up, venomous genetically engineered creatures and climate catastrophes. All of this is occuring but the world still needs oil to run. This is where we meet Bracken and his tea...

Love it!I absolutely love this book. The characters are easy to relate to and seem like real people, not stagnant, flat characters. I read this in less than two days...I only stopped because I had to work! My heart was even pounding. Highly recommend.