Toy, a scientist who has gone crazy, and Little Bee, a dog who was part of the research, are the only living creatures in the story, which adds to the sense of isolation.Ĭutter is also an exceptionally vivid writer, which could be good or bad, depending on how horrifying you like your horror. After the first few chapters, Luke, Al, Clayton, Dr. I genuinely cared about the main characters - veterinarian Luke Nelson, whose eccentric scientist brother appears to have called him to the research lab, the Trieste, and Alice “Al” Skyes, the Navy Lieutenant Commander who pilots the sub that ferries Luke to meet his brother, Clayton. 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.ĭiscussion: Nick Cutter is an undeniably talented writer. In order to study this phenomenon, a special research lab has been built eight miles under the sea’s surface. There is no cure.īut far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a universal healer hailed as “ambrosia” has been discovered. Their bodies forget how to function involuntarily. 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. I chose to read The Deep instead of The Troop because it was immediately available at my local library.Ī strange plague called the ‘Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale.
Reading this book was the literary equivalent of hearing someone say, “Yuck, this pizza is disgusting,” and then asking to taste it. Several of contributors had read his novels and the consensus was that his work is gross and extremely disturbing, so much so that some people couldn’t even finish his books. Why I Chose It: Someone posted a list of scary book suggestions for October that included Nick Cutter’s The Troop to the Speculative Chic Facebook group.
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