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cademia's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.25
fun read, definitely hard to take the scientific elements too seriously
ehamlett's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Gun violence and Suicide attempt
sethers's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
ingo_lembcke's review against another edition
4.0
Read again 16 years later. Still one of the better thrillers and with the then up-to-date (near future?) technology still high-tech. As they are nearly cut of from the world, no social media etc.
Even remembering the main twists, this is still a page-turning thriller with a basic premise to think about. Some scenes may be too fast and over the top, but I liked it (again) and highly recommend it.
First book of a series, but these are basically standalones, with Jeremy Logan as the main character in the later books (not quite sure wether he is in Ice Limit / Beyond the Ice Limit).
Even remembering the main twists, this is still a page-turning thriller with a basic premise to think about. Some scenes may be too fast and over the top, but I liked it (again) and highly recommend it.
First book of a series, but these are basically standalones, with Jeremy Logan as the main character in the later books (not quite sure wether he is in Ice Limit / Beyond the Ice Limit).
rustman's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I liked the fact the characters are normal and not super heroes. It is similar to the Expanse series characters.
midici's review against another edition
3.0
*3.5 stars
Peter Crane is a former navy man with a Ph.D., who works as a doctor specializing in the deep water injuries. He's been asked to join a secretive mission known as Deep Storm. Something has been found on the ocean floor. It's incredibly dangerous - and very mysterious. An underwater facility has been created at the bottom of the seafloor to examine and retrieve the item.
Crane is there to address the fact that the people at this facility are beginning to become sick. There doesn't seem to be a pattern, between the wide array of physical and mental issues that are cropping up, but 100 people don't suddenly become ill without a common denominator. Unfortunately, the secret to what is making people sick seems to lie with the classified area of the facility, and the strange artifacts being recovered...
There's a lot of "hand-waving" science here - stuff that sounds more plausible than it would be in reality. Which does not stop this from being an entertaining read. I enjoyed the build up to the discovery that what they had found was the sophisticated, alien version of a nuclear waste dump. Or, more alarmingly, a still-active weapons cache that had the potential to destroy the entire solar system.
The mix of sabatours, deranged military, and skeptical proessionals made for an interesting set of problems. However, I wasn't totally engaged enough with Crane or his love-interest Ping to become very worried about the possibility of their deaths.
Peter Crane is a former navy man with a Ph.D., who works as a doctor specializing in the deep water injuries. He's been asked to join a secretive mission known as Deep Storm. Something has been found on the ocean floor. It's incredibly dangerous - and very mysterious. An underwater facility has been created at the bottom of the seafloor to examine and retrieve the item.
Crane is there to address the fact that the people at this facility are beginning to become sick. There doesn't seem to be a pattern, between the wide array of physical and mental issues that are cropping up, but 100 people don't suddenly become ill without a common denominator. Unfortunately, the secret to what is making people sick seems to lie with the classified area of the facility, and the strange artifacts being recovered...
There's a lot of "hand-waving" science here - stuff that sounds more plausible than it would be in reality. Which does not stop this from being an entertaining read. I enjoyed the build up to the discovery that what they had found was the sophisticated, alien version of a nuclear waste dump. Or, more alarmingly, a still-active weapons cache that had the potential to destroy the entire solar system.
The mix of sabatours, deranged military, and skeptical proessionals made for an interesting set of problems. However, I wasn't totally engaged enough with Crane or his love-interest Ping to become very worried about the possibility of their deaths.
bippityboppityboop's review against another edition
2.0
Today marks the day I tried a techno-thriller in earnest and cemented my inkling they are not for me. Who is Jeremy Logan??
slimbird's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
sandygx260's review against another edition
3.0
Whew, I've been reading entirely too many ebooks —I won't confess why. I'll just say they are accommodating little critters.
I never read a Lincoln Child tale before this one. I stumbled across Deep Storm while I randomly searched my library's ebook section—I think I typed in horror or something along those lines. While this book certainly isn't horror-oriented, the story did entertain me, although you must suspend a ton of disbelief to read this baby. No way in any green hell could the underwater "Facility" come together in under two years. No freaking way.
Child is a skilled writer who performs his research, which means the book has scenarios where character one declares: "It's like blah-blah" and character two exclaims, "What is blah-blah?" Of course character one supplies the details. Scenes like that slow down the action.
When the crazy action does hit, it reminds me of of that 60's TV sci-fi show "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" where every week something drastic happens which tumbles the hapless characters around in their nuclear sub. Man, I loved that show. Here the action drama is extremely over the top, including a situation which places two heroes in grave watery danger. No way would they survive that mess.
Sad to say the saboteur and main villain seem a bit two-dimensional. Their motives are cliche.
Still, I'll check out the next books in the series—will Jeremy Logan show up a bit more than in this go-round? I also hope the next books are less paranoid-military oriented.
I never read a Lincoln Child tale before this one. I stumbled across Deep Storm while I randomly searched my library's ebook section—I think I typed in horror or something along those lines. While this book certainly isn't horror-oriented, the story did entertain me, although you must suspend a ton of disbelief to read this baby. No way in any green hell could the underwater "Facility" come together in under two years. No freaking way.
Child is a skilled writer who performs his research, which means the book has scenarios where character one declares: "It's like blah-blah" and character two exclaims, "What is blah-blah?" Of course character one supplies the details. Scenes like that slow down the action.
When the crazy action does hit, it reminds me of of that 60's TV sci-fi show "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" where every week something drastic happens which tumbles the hapless characters around in their nuclear sub. Man, I loved that show. Here the action drama is extremely over the top, including a situation which places two heroes in grave watery danger. No way would they survive that mess.
Sad to say the saboteur and main villain seem a bit two-dimensional. Their motives are cliche.
Still, I'll check out the next books in the series—will Jeremy Logan show up a bit more than in this go-round? I also hope the next books are less paranoid-military oriented.