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| Original Title: | The Loch |
| ISBN: | 0976165929 (ISBN13: 9780976165927) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://us.macmillan.com/theloch/SteveAlten |
| Series: | Loch #1 |
Steve Alten
Paperback | Pages: 541 pages Rating: 3.88 | 4731 Users | 443 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Loch (Loch #1) |
| Author | : | Steve Alten |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 541 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2006 by Tsunami Books (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Thriller. Fiction. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Mystery |
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In this book Steve Alten dives headlong into Dan Brown territory with ancient conspiracy theories involving the Loch Ness monster, Templars and goodness only knows what else! It is, quite frankly, a load of old hogwash wrapped up in pseudo-intellectual claptrap.Unlike Dan Brown, however, Alten does it all with a huge wink to camera and never takes it at all seriously. This is late night b-movie on the SyFy channel stuff and a lot of fun if, like me, you're into that sort of thing.
One thing I couldn't nudge and wink my way past, though, was Alten's ludicrous liberties with the U.K. legal system. It was completely absurd! We haven't had the death penalty in this country for decades, for one thing, and we certainly don't lock prisoners up in castles anymore... Just... mind-blowing.
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Ratings: 3.88 From 4731 Users | 443 ReviewsAppraise About Books The Loch (Loch #1)
This fast moving novel will take you on underwater adventures in the Sargasso Sea and Loch Ness laced with romance and a murder mystery. The story is amplified with bits of marine biology, Scottish history and quotes of probable monster sightings.Its hard to tell where fact and fiction separate. For instance, How much about ecology of the Loch is real? Is it an accurate portrayal of how the blasts to build the highway affected the Loch? Is there a deeper cavern? I presume the Nessie sightingsOutside of his very popular "Meg" series, The Loch is arguably Steve Alten's most well received book, garnering good reviews from the majority of people who have read it. It certainly has an interesting plot and enough going on to hold your attention but unfortunately there are also quite a few faults with his writing.The plot is obviously based around the Scottish lake called Loch Ness, famous for it's monster lore which also takes centre stage in Alten's story with a Marine biologist tasked to
One word -- STUPID!I expect at least vaguely plausable scenarios, and the glaring error/lack of understanding of the physical principles in this book is the most egregious I have ever seen in a book in print. Made me want to throw the book against the wall. I have lost all respect for this author (and for the editor and publisher as well!)
A biological mystery/thriller set in Scotland's Loch Ness. Something in the water is attacking animals and people. Could it be Nessie? And if it is, what kind of creature is it and what's causing it to attack now?The book has alot of quotes from real marine biology, ecology, and evolutionary scientific works interspersed within the fictional plot. The author also tells about the history of Scotland and the Loch Ness area, and quotes actual eyewitness accounts of Nessie sightings at the beginning
This was a very strange book for me in that, while I really enjoyed reading it and had a hard time putting it down, I did not really care for any of the characters throughout the book. It moves at a decent pace; it presents an interesting theory as to the creature that is said to be living in Loch Ness; it held my interest throughout most of the book. Before each chapter [or, between each chapter, depending on how you look at it] are little "historical snippets" of statements made by people who
Disappointing, very disappointing.The author is not Scottish and probably has not even been to Scotland, as a Scottish guy, this put me off and even annoyed me a few times by the errors.The story was so, so. You would have us believe that virtually everyone who lives and works around Loch Ness belongs to and swears allegiance to a clan and everyone talks as though they are in Braveheart. Nope. Could you get any more cliched characters? Big, swarthy, short tempered, hard drinking, red-haired,
Man, these books are so hard to rate. For me, this was a 4 star book because it was a blast of fun, but at the same time, on a critical level the writing was bad, the characters were hilariously hackneyed, every attempt at romance or emotional dialog was LOL funny, and it just overall is probably a 2 star book in quality.But...For me, Steve Alten books are like really great trash movies - You don't read them for piercing insights into the soul or thoughtful revelations on life, you read them for
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