*Spoilers* I can't say I LOVED The Troop because honestly fuck that book; it was traumatizing, but I appreciated it for being horrifying. So I figured I'd check out The Deep for one of my Books in the Freezer Reading prompts for a non-human monster. 🌊 The Deep started out okay. I liked the idea of an underwater research facility miles below the surface where something inhuman/unnatural is going on. I even appreciated the brother storyline. But to me, it felt like the book was trying to do too much. Clayton - Genius brother searching for the cure to a disease that is a mix of leprosy and severe Alzheimer's. Luke - Brother who is a veterinarian, his son disappeared without a trace years ago, and now he has nothing left to lose. Throw in a traumatic childhood with an abusive mother and maybe some brushes with the supernatural. I was with it for most of the book despite the extreme overuse of the word "gelatinous" (seriously, pick another adjective, my guy!). Also a scene with a baby and a millipead that made me shudder. 🌊 However, right about halfway through Part 5, I was starting to annoyed. Part 6 the book entirely jumped the shark and introduced the fact that the ambrosia wasn't the villain but these mysterious ancient entities used the ambrosia as bait to lure humans down into the deep so they could have someone help them reach the surface. These entities had been watching the brothers their entire lives and had orchestrated Luke's sons disappearance in order to use him as leverage. The ending was just bizarre. Good potential, didn't live up to it, though. 2.5/5 #TheDeep #BooksInTheFreezerReadingChallenge2022 #NonHumanMonster #horror #TheOceanIsScary #WTF #gelatinous #nerdymamabooks #BookReview #wompwomp #DiverseBookstagrammersRead #booknerd #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CcL0p-drBcb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=