Review: I wanted to love this book, but I just couldn't get past the problems.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
I really wanted to like Salechii. I loved the concept. Jurassic Park underwater. Lincoln Child's Utopia, but with Sharks. Deep Blue Sea, but with a hotel. You get the idea. the initial character introductions went well, but as I got in deeper the story didn't hold up and the problems were mostly in the details.First the sharks are just way too aggressive for too long. Deep Blue Sea dealt with this by engineering sharks with higher brain functions. Sharks attack when hungry or when they feel threatened, not just for the heck of it. There was just way too much unexplained aggression.Second, underwater jet skis? Really? Call them mini subs, jet subs, something. Jet ski's float.Finally, the mistakes are legion. The non-word 'Ya' has replaced "Yes" or "Yea" or "Yeah" throughout the entire book. Every character says it. It's maddening. That's the tip of the iceberg. I can overlook a lot for a good story, but this book desperately needs another couple of edits.I wanted to like this book and instead I found myself working to give it 3 stars.