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ameserole's review
3.0
You better watch out. You better not cry. You should definitely hide... because the killer crabs are coming out.
Honestly, I didn't even know Crustaceans existed until recently. I think that's why I loved joining challenges because they open my eyes to new books/authors. As for this book, it was interesting and weird. Giant crabs are alive and thriving. They are leaving the ocean and going on a killing spree people.
Just to make things even more obnoxious.. the crabs are bulletproof. I couldn't stop snorting throughout this just because it kept getting weirder and weirder. In some ways, it kind of reminded me of that one movie with giant spiders killing people. So I wasn't really surprised with what down throughout the entire book.
In the end, this should become a sci-fi movie. Just saying.
dantastic's review
3.0
When an alcoholic fisherman pulls a strange crab out of the Atlantic, he has no idea what is about to befall the east coast; giant armored crabs with a taste for human flesh!
This is the seventeenth book in my Kindle Unlimited Experiment. For the 30 day trial, I'm only reading books that are part of the program and keeping track what the total cost of the books would have been.
In some ways, Crustaceans, like Clickers, is an homage to Guy Smith's Crab books, which I confess I have yet to read. Giant crabs hit the coast and go on a killing sprees, slicing people in half and devouring them. Oh, and these crabs are bulletproof.
As per usual, I'll be doing the compliment sandwich in this review, since I did like it more than I disliked it.
Crustaceans was a fun read, full of the carnage one comes to expect from something involving giant monsters. I came in expecting killer crabs on the rampage and that's what I got.
However, there were some issues with the editing. Stark is called Stack the first three or four times he's mentioned. Also, the book doesn't have anything signaling the transition from one viewpoint character to another, making it kind of jarring. Even an extra line break would have helped. The characters are pretty much stock characters: army guy, lady scientist (complete with insta-love) and alcoholic fisherman.
Again, though, I didn't come into this expecting a Michael Chabon book. I loved the underground action, especially when the heroes ran into progressively bigger crabs. The nod to Aliens about nuking the site from orbit was a nice touch. Meikle managed to create an homage to B-movie giant monster horror but still managed to deliver a fairly compelling book that begs to be made into a SyFy original movie.
3 out of 5 stars. I've never wanted to eat crab legs so much in my life.
Current Kindle Unlimited Savings Total: $100.42.
This is the seventeenth book in my Kindle Unlimited Experiment. For the 30 day trial, I'm only reading books that are part of the program and keeping track what the total cost of the books would have been.
In some ways, Crustaceans, like Clickers, is an homage to Guy Smith's Crab books, which I confess I have yet to read. Giant crabs hit the coast and go on a killing sprees, slicing people in half and devouring them. Oh, and these crabs are bulletproof.
As per usual, I'll be doing the compliment sandwich in this review, since I did like it more than I disliked it.
Crustaceans was a fun read, full of the carnage one comes to expect from something involving giant monsters. I came in expecting killer crabs on the rampage and that's what I got.
However, there were some issues with the editing. Stark is called Stack the first three or four times he's mentioned. Also, the book doesn't have anything signaling the transition from one viewpoint character to another, making it kind of jarring. Even an extra line break would have helped. The characters are pretty much stock characters: army guy, lady scientist (complete with insta-love) and alcoholic fisherman.
Again, though, I didn't come into this expecting a Michael Chabon book. I loved the underground action, especially when the heroes ran into progressively bigger crabs. The nod to Aliens about nuking the site from orbit was a nice touch. Meikle managed to create an homage to B-movie giant monster horror but still managed to deliver a fairly compelling book that begs to be made into a SyFy original movie.
3 out of 5 stars. I've never wanted to eat crab legs so much in my life.
Current Kindle Unlimited Savings Total: $100.42.
zraitor's review
3.0
I mean just look at that cover, a giant crab eating someone... That's exactly what you get here, don't read it for anything else.
The two main characters aren't very deep. Shona, an expert in crabs, I guess, is just kinda there. She does nothing but follow the soldiers around, who have names and shoot things and that's about it, but not once does her knowledge come in handy. Her only background is she has a father who is also an expert. We learn he knew about the crabs years before the invasion and was forced into retirement for talking "crazy", and honestly the little we get on him makes him more of a character than Shona ever becomes, it is a shame we couldn't have swapped the characters out for each other.
The second, Porter, is well, a mean drunk. He gets roped into the story by trying to sell a giant crab he finds to a zoo. He sort of goes through a well, I wouldn't call it a redemption arc, more of a less of a jerk arc.
The whole thing works cause William Meikle is such a good writer, and he goes full into whatever he's doing, even if it is giant crabs attacking New York City.
There are problems with the kindle version, there are no chapters and paragraphs when changing characters so I was confused often and had to keep going back when I realized I was with another character, that really needs to be fixed.
So again, this a book about giant man-eating crabs. It is stupid and fun in equal measure. Clackety-Clack, Snickety-snick.
The two main characters aren't very deep. Shona, an expert in crabs, I guess, is just kinda there. She does nothing but follow the soldiers around, who have names and shoot things and that's about it, but not once does her knowledge come in handy. Her only background is she has a father who is also an expert. We learn he knew about the crabs years before the invasion and was forced into retirement for talking "crazy", and honestly the little we get on him makes him more of a character than Shona ever becomes, it is a shame we couldn't have swapped the characters out for each other.
The second, Porter, is well, a mean drunk. He gets roped into the story by trying to sell a giant crab he finds to a zoo. He sort of goes through a well, I wouldn't call it a redemption arc, more of a less of a jerk arc.
The whole thing works cause William Meikle is such a good writer, and he goes full into whatever he's doing, even if it is giant crabs attacking New York City.
There are problems with the kindle version, there are no chapters and paragraphs when changing characters so I was confused often and had to keep going back when I realized I was with another character, that really needs to be fixed.
So again, this a book about giant man-eating crabs. It is stupid and fun in equal measure. Clackety-Clack, Snickety-snick.
ebosma's review
4.0
Great quick read, nicely written. Crab carnage all over the place.
It’s an action packed book and delivers on the expectation. If you expect huge crabs rampaging around, that is..
It’s an action packed book and delivers on the expectation. If you expect huge crabs rampaging around, that is..
kenneth_booksilike1's review against another edition
4.0
If you are looking for a story featuring massive killer crabs, well, look no further!
It’s an enjoyable creature feature romp!
It’s an enjoyable creature feature romp!
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