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| View Larger Image | The Trench
by Steve Alten
| | List Price: | $6.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 84390 | | Studio: | Pinnacle | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 432 | | Publication Date: | June 01, 2000 | | Publisher: | Pinnacle |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 241 reviews)
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Worse than a bad movie because you have to read it! 
Is no one else bothered by the fact that Steve Alten can't write? The man supposedly has a master's degree, but his prose indicates illiteracy. "The Trench" reads as if it were written by a middle schooler who stayed up late one night copying down every detail he could remember about every shark movie ever made...the really, really bad ones. Its predecessor, "Meg," had unbearably bad writing as well, but the plot at least was gripping enough to make me overlook this flaw. But this sequel lacks the sort of plot that kept me reading "Meg," even when the grammar was as irritating as fingernails on a chalkboard. The villain and his femme fatale sidekick are absolutely comical. Jonas Taylor, the protagonist, and his wife, Terry, are no longer sympathetic, just pathetic. I wanted them to be devoured this time around. And I kept hoping against hope that the shark scenes with Angel, the albino megalodon, would make up for the boring human characters. When they nicknamed her "The Angel of Death" early in the book, I admit I felt a chill of anticipation. But after a while the shark-eats-someone scenes just felt like a cry for attention. In summation, utterly redundant with deplorable prose. Skip it!
July 11, 2008 | |
Summer reading material 
Maybe the heat is frying my brain, but after re-reading this book, I started liking it more. Look, it's not serious literature from Ian McEwan or Cormac McCarthy. It's simply a mindlessly fun summer read about a prehistoric shark who escapes from a California aquarium and feeds on whales, other sharks, and humans. The protagonists from 'Meg' are back with some new cardboard human villians who serve the purpose of making the shark look good. Throw in some long-presumed-dead marine reptiles who live in the Marianas Trench, and you've got a beach read.
May 16, 2008 | |
A favorite 
I love this series, what else is there to say. I really enjoyed reading this book. I was always wanting to see what would happen on the next page right up to the very end. In my humble opinion, that is what makes for a great book.
April 18, 2008 | |
Nice Sequel
I couldn't find this book a few years ago when I was first looking for it and had to buy a used copy on ebay. Now there are more editions out there. Good sequel and you can see Alten's writing progressing. This story is deeper and even better than the first.
March 04, 2008 | |
THE TRENCH
Steve Alten has a way of telling a story like no other. this book and the others keeps you on a page turning frenzy all the way through the book
a must read for anyone who likes sharks, jaws or a well writen book
August 30, 2007 | |
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