Review: The Deep by Nick Cutter

Title: The Deep

Author: Nick Cutter

Genre: Adult, horror

Publication date: January 2015

Published by: Gallery Books

Source: Purchased paperback

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Synopsis: A strange plague called the ‘Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget—small things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small things, like how to drive or the letters of the alphabet. Their bodies forget how to function involuntarily. There is no cure.

But far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a universal healer hailed as “ambrosia” has been discovered. In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab has been built eight miles under the sea’s surface. But when the station goes incommunicado, a brave few descend through the lightless fathoms in hopes of unraveling the mysteries lurking at those crushing depths…and perhaps to encounter an evil blacker than anything one could possibly imagine.

My rating: ★★★☆☆

What if the devil unleashed a perfectly unexplainable plague on humanity? If so, isn't it equally possible that God created the perfect, if inexplicable cure?

I've always been a mood reader, but in recent years, my mood has been asking for more and more super niche subgenres. One such subgenre is aquatic horror, aka horror that takes place in/around water. Lol. I don't know what it is, but sometimes I'm just in that very specific mood. Lol. Thus, this book. I had seen this book around quite a bit when I was looking for books to read in this subgenre. And it ended up being just... fine.

I don't know what it was... it just kind of felt like it moved very slowly. It was heavy on the psychological horror with some pretty crazy body horror thrown in, but I didn't find the book scary, per se. But I consume a lot of horror media, so take this with a grain of salt. Lol. It did have some pretty horrific imagery, so I'll give it that. Lol.

I just wasn't super impressed with this book, but it also wasn't terrible. I liked the premise, and we do get some concrete answers by the end, which I appreciated. And I actually decided to listen to the audiobook as well, and I'm glad I did because I really liked the narrator.

“We're caught now. It's got us. They've got us. We built our own trap, and now we're snared."

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊