Peter Benchley

The Deep

Saw that this was included listening on audible, and in the “fallout” of being done with the Meg series, I decided to give this a go.

This is all the blurb says, and honestly it’s not even that accurate/descriptive, but for some reason my brain definitely said, ‘yeah this must be another shark novel’. It’s not. To my surprise.

“A young couple go to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the wreck of a sunken ship. What they find lures them into a strange and increasingly terrifying encounter with past and present, a struggle for salvage and survival along the floor of the sea, in the deep.”

A honeymooning couple (one is divorced and not that young) find a hidden shipwreck underneath a known shipwreck. In typical Benchley fashion, there is also a gangster with unbelievable connections. He wants what they’ve found, and he’s willing to kill to get it as they race to collect it. It does add the layer of tension the novel needs, but it does feel oddly reminiscent of Jaws. This novel is certainly different though, as it’s also full on historical fiction too.

C. J. Daley 

Saw that this was included listening on audible, and in the “fallout” of being done with the Meg series, I decided to give this a go.

This is all the blurb says, and honestly it’s not even that accurate/descriptive, but for some reason my brain definitely said, ‘yeah this must be another shark novel’. It’s not. To my surprise.

“A young couple go to Bermuda on their honeymoon. They dive on the reefs offshore, looking for the wreck of a sunken ship. What they find lures them into a strange and increasingly terrifying encounter with past and present, a struggle for salvage and survival along the floor of the sea, in the deep.”

A honeymooning couple (one is divorced and not that young) find a hidden shipwreck underneath a known shipwreck. In typical Benchley fashion, there is also a gangster with unbelievable connections. He wants what they’ve found, and he’s willing to kill to get it as they race to collect it. It does add the layer of tension the novel needs, but it does feel oddly reminiscent of Jaws. This novel is certainly different though, as it’s also full on historical fiction too.

Personally a 3/5*

The Deep

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