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charmandareads's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.0
n0rmann's review against another edition
4.0
Really liked the story and the great monster. Overall an enjoyable book. It did touch on my pet peeves - how police and reporters work and work together is completely unrealistic. As a reporter who covers the cop beat, I can say it's completely unrealistic.
ericarobyn's review against another edition
5.0
Floaters by Kelli Owen is an original tale that dives right in and totally captivates the reader from the very first page and doesn't let up until the very last! From the amazing characters to the terrifying creature, and even the spooky setting, this tale had it all!
I had SO much fun reading this creature feature and police procedural mash-up!
This tale dives right in on page one when the main character, Detective Carly Greene, was called to the scene of the first two floaters. The town on Lake Superior is used to the lake claiming many victims and “floater” is the term given to bodies that wash up on shore.
From that initial discovery, more and more floaters appear. But where are they coming from? Why are they suddenly washing up on shore? And what else is out there, living in the river, claiming more lives?
My goodness. I went into this one pretty dark, only knowing that there was some type of creature involved…and what a creature it was! Let me tell you, I didn’t swim in rivers or lakes before now, and I certainly won’t seek out those water spots after reading this. No thank you!
This story was high-paced, wonderfully organized, and wicked engaging. I loved each of the characters so much and wanted to seem them all make it out of this crazy situation alive.
My Favorite Passages
That was the day Carly learned Lake Superior was just as capable of giving as she was of taking. That was the first time, Carly had heard the term “floater” in reference to the dead occasionally coughed up from the depths of the great lake.
Carly felt the twinges of disbelief crawling at the base of her skull like a blossoming headache.
Myths are shared. Real monsters are key secret.
My Final Thoughts
This is definitely one of my new favorite creature-features! It gave me SUCH a bad book hangover!!
You have got to check this one out if you enjoy tales with amazing characters, a very captivating storyline, and a bit of violence! This one certainly isn’t for the squeamish!
I had SO much fun reading this creature feature and police procedural mash-up!
This tale dives right in on page one when the main character, Detective Carly Greene, was called to the scene of the first two floaters. The town on Lake Superior is used to the lake claiming many victims and “floater” is the term given to bodies that wash up on shore.
From that initial discovery, more and more floaters appear. But where are they coming from? Why are they suddenly washing up on shore? And what else is out there, living in the river, claiming more lives?
My goodness. I went into this one pretty dark, only knowing that there was some type of creature involved…and what a creature it was! Let me tell you, I didn’t swim in rivers or lakes before now, and I certainly won’t seek out those water spots after reading this. No thank you!
This story was high-paced, wonderfully organized, and wicked engaging. I loved each of the characters so much and wanted to seem them all make it out of this crazy situation alive.
My Favorite Passages
That was the day Carly learned Lake Superior was just as capable of giving as she was of taking. That was the first time, Carly had heard the term “floater” in reference to the dead occasionally coughed up from the depths of the great lake.
Carly felt the twinges of disbelief crawling at the base of her skull like a blossoming headache.
Myths are shared. Real monsters are key secret.
My Final Thoughts
This is definitely one of my new favorite creature-features! It gave me SUCH a bad book hangover!!
You have got to check this one out if you enjoy tales with amazing characters, a very captivating storyline, and a bit of violence! This one certainly isn’t for the squeamish!
teamredmon's review against another edition
5.0
See now; this is a good monster book. There's a monster, sure, but there are also characters that I care about, and they feel as if they exist in a believable and consistent world. There's plenty of violence, death, and destruction to satisfy my need for an old school chomp and stomp monster story, but there's more going on in this book that makes it just a solid book that I really enjoyed.
Carly Greene is a detective living and working near Lake Superior. Occasionally, bodies will be found floating in the lake and Det. Green will have to fish them out. These are the "floaters" of the title, dead, water soaking, bloated bodies. Carly hates floaters, but this year, more floaters appear in the lake with strange marks on what's left of their bodies. Also, completely separate and totally unrelated is the issues occurring at the local Native American burial ground.
Carly, the medical examiner, and a reporter have to team up to take down whatever is killing people in Lake Superior. And what they find is one of the best, most creative monsters that I've recently read.
I need more Kelli Owen books in my life.
Carly Greene is a detective living and working near Lake Superior. Occasionally, bodies will be found floating in the lake and Det. Green will have to fish them out. These are the "floaters" of the title, dead, water soaking, bloated bodies. Carly hates floaters, but this year, more floaters appear in the lake with strange marks on what's left of their bodies. Also, completely separate and totally unrelated is the issues occurring at the local Native American burial ground.
Carly, the medical examiner, and a reporter have to team up to take down whatever is killing people in Lake Superior. And what they find is one of the best, most creative monsters that I've recently read.
I need more Kelli Owen books in my life.
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