Title: Neither good science nor good fiction
Product review: As in Meg, Alten has taken a heck of a promising villian (Megalodon) and turned it into chum. His science is considerably off, which spoils a lot of the enjoyment for me. We know there is no hydrothermally-warmed layer of water at the bottom of "The Trench." If we make the logical assumption that Meg would behave much as modern sharks do, this weird-acting anthropomorphic creature is impossible to accept as a shark. The humans are no better. Simple one-dimensional figures, they stumble through one miraculous surival escapade after another. The only thing Alten gets right is pacing. The plot hums along nicely, and the book is a fast read, but neither the creatures (reptiles evolving gills? If it's possible, why hasn't it happened in 400 million years?) nor the humans hold the reader's interest.
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