Um, I have questions. Like, what? And why? And what about that one thing? And how?

In all seriousness, this was a diverting read. Really "well-written" (meaning I liked the sentences and they were put together in a pleasing, compelling, engaging manner). But, I still have questions about the monster and the villain(s) and the whole last third of the book. I dunno, not my personal favorite, but a good book nonetheless. ( )

I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I am a huge fan of Brian Keene and have read pretty much everything by him that I can get my hands on. Pressure was not one of my favorites, although I find anything he writes at least enjoyable because he always tells a good story.

Pressure is an environmental monster romp with a healthy dose of evil corporation malice thrown in for good measure. What it didn’t have, in my opinion, was that edge that I usually expect from Mr. Keene. This book had B-Movie level characters and action, and not really even enough of that for my taste. Keene does monster romps very, very well—case in point being the Clickers series, which I loved. He also does evil human protagonists and tortured characters quite well. Pressure, however, felt like a lighter version of his usual stories in both respects.

3 stars. ( )

Nessie with roid rage
let's keep poking the monster
trust me, I free dive. ( )

Who doesn't love a good creature feature, especially if the creature is a sea monster? Throw in an evil corporation and a bunch of characters named after authors and what have you got? Brian Keene's Pressure.

This was a fun thriller, with bouts of gory action interspersed with treachery and corruption. The story moves right along and even though I'm sure there was a lot of research involved, Pressure doesn't get bogged down with a bunch of boring scientific facts.

Many of the characters have the same names as authors in the horror and sci-fi genres, so each time one of them showed up, it added to the fun. Even Clickers got a mention and I thought that was pretty cool-not only do clickers fit the story, it was a nice nod to author J.F. Gonzalez.

Pressure doesn't take itself too seriously, at least I didn't think it did. I have a vague feeling that Mr. Keene had one hell of a good time writing this book. I'm glad that I had the good sense to let it take me along for the ride.

Highly recommended for fans of thrillers, especially creature-features!

You can pre-order your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Pressure-Brian-Keene/dp/1250071348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp... Keene

*Thanks to Net Galley and St. Martin's press for the e-ARC of Pressure in exchange for my honest review. This is it.* ( )

Kind of like a bad sci fi movie, but still really interesting. Jaws meets Lake Placid. This should be a movie. ( )