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This book started out so strong for me. I love Crichton's writing. It's fast-paced and cinematic, and genuinely fun. I was super intrigued by the premise, and I was excited to go along for the ride on a fun underwater alien adventure!

The premise carried me happily along for about half the book, and then, when the revelations started, everything sort of fell apart. There were too many unanswered questions for my liking, and under scrutiny, not much made sense. I'm usually not bothered by having to suspend my disbelief, but since this book was so heavy on the science and technology aspect, I expected a better scientific explanation for what was happening.

A great premise just couldn't quite make up for the underwhelming revelations and overall execution. ( )

this is the first Michael Crichton book i read and i loved it.

the whole idea of being sent down to the darkness of the ocean is very scary and with the amount of things that can go wrong in an underwater facility.
i also thought the whole idea of the Sphere to be very interesting and the way how Crichton writes these complex ideas in simple terms is done really well.

this book was very fun for the thrills and for the thought provoking subjects. i wont spoil anything but the ending can be thought of in different ways wish i personally liked. a great start to my Michael Crichton journey ( )

Good pageturner. Got a little too weird there for a while. ( )

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