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The Tunnels adventure is far from over for Will Burrows. In his quest to find his father, Will is plunged even deeper underground. And as if things weren't bad enough already, he stumbles across a Styx plot with terrible implications for the world aboe. And a sister who isn't finished yet...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought Deeper was a triumph. Following the first book I couldn't wait to find out what happened next and boy is it good! The two authors have the quite some imagination and have created this incredible new world deep under ground in the bowels of the earth under London. The tale takes Will Burrows, the hero, deep into the earth in search of his father. Along with his brother, his great friend and some renegades they find on the way, Will has a roller-coaster ride learning how to survive the treacherous conditions, whilst at the same time avoiding being caught by the evil Styx overlords. The cool thing is, although it is obviously fantasy, it is all a little bit believable. This is due to the imaginative but highly descriptive, detailed and involving way in which they write. It is such a roller-coaster from start to finish and I couldn't put it down and managed to read the book in just 3 days. At times it is scary, at times it is quite moving, most of all though it is just very exciting. I kind of wish I was a bit younger as I think I would have enjoyed it even more.
The ending is definitely better than Tunnels, a bit more conclusive but still leaving me waiting for book 3 with great excitement.
Roll on book 3!
The ending is definitely better than Tunnels, a bit more conclusive but still leaving me waiting for book 3 with great excitement.
Roll on book 3!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just finished this book and it gripped me completely!! I can't wait for the next book a real good read!!!
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Let's get to the point from the off: Deeper is better than Tunnels. I guess the next question is: how is it better?
First up there is the pacing. Deeper begins where Tunnels left off, with unlikely protagonist Will Burrows still on the trail of his lost, curator father, and finding his friend Chester on board the train that is transferring him to the subterranean hell-hole that is The Deeps. The authors have pulled out the stops in grabbing - and maintaining - the reader's interest; something sorely lacking in the first book.
Secondly there is more depth given to some of the main characters, the relationship between Will and Chester moves from the one dimensional, making the reader care a little more for these two guys. Will's estranged birth-mother is also given some airtime; her personality - feral - based upon her fugitive lifestyle as she keeps one step ahead of the relentless Styx.
To discuss plotline so soon after release would not be fair on those who have not had opportunity to read the tome. Lest to say that I found it an entertaining, albeit mirthless, affair.
So why three stars? Well, for this reader, some issues remain. The narrative remains clunky in places and it is becoming increasingly clear that one of the authors is adept and the other, quite possibly, isn't. The book also comes in at 675 pages and is still in need of a good edit. It has the `well proof-read, but poor copy edited' feel of a self-published book, and the publisher - not the authors - must take responsibility for this.
Gordon's and William's subterranean opus continues. No-one doubts that the world they are creating is inventive and, in this post-Potter hiatus, refreshingly different. I will stay with these guys in the hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel - heck, I'm intrigued enough.
First up there is the pacing. Deeper begins where Tunnels left off, with unlikely protagonist Will Burrows still on the trail of his lost, curator father, and finding his friend Chester on board the train that is transferring him to the subterranean hell-hole that is The Deeps. The authors have pulled out the stops in grabbing - and maintaining - the reader's interest; something sorely lacking in the first book.
Secondly there is more depth given to some of the main characters, the relationship between Will and Chester moves from the one dimensional, making the reader care a little more for these two guys. Will's estranged birth-mother is also given some airtime; her personality - feral - based upon her fugitive lifestyle as she keeps one step ahead of the relentless Styx.
To discuss plotline so soon after release would not be fair on those who have not had opportunity to read the tome. Lest to say that I found it an entertaining, albeit mirthless, affair.
So why three stars? Well, for this reader, some issues remain. The narrative remains clunky in places and it is becoming increasingly clear that one of the authors is adept and the other, quite possibly, isn't. The book also comes in at 675 pages and is still in need of a good edit. It has the `well proof-read, but poor copy edited' feel of a self-published book, and the publisher - not the authors - must take responsibility for this.
Gordon's and William's subterranean opus continues. No-one doubts that the world they are creating is inventive and, in this post-Potter hiatus, refreshingly different. I will stay with these guys in the hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel - heck, I'm intrigued enough.
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Could not wait to buy it
After reading Tunnels when it came out here in the US, I didn't want to wait for Deeper (or later Freefall) to come here so I sent for them on Amazon UK. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Keri-lynn Kendall
Overwritten
Found this book to be hugely overwritten I feel it would have been a better book coming in at half the length.
Published on 30 Nov 2009 by julian121
Down, Down, Deeper and Down
Just as hefty as the first, the second of the "Tunnels" trilogy makes quite a heavy read. It has a large cast of characters and plenty of action and excitement. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2009 by M. J. Saxton
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After digging through the subterranean world of modern-day London in search of his father, fourteen-year-old Will Burrows ended up on the run from the diabolical Styx army with his... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2009 by TeensReadToo
Deeper...but should have been shorter
Were the editors asleep when this one went through? It's repetitive, directionless and at least 100 pages too long. Read more
Published on 18 May 2009 by F. Hubbard
After tunnels, a deep diappointment
DONT get me wrong, i love the idea, the original plot, and i thought Tunnels was fantastic, but this, i'm afraid, was very disappointing,
the atmosphere in it is continously... Read more
the atmosphere in it is continously... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2009 by layla
DEEPER is POORER
I was expecting something much better! Tunnels was a superb book with a rather unique idea. However Deeper turned into a reading slog. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2008 by J. C. Lloyd
Deeper delivers - Sensational sequel to Tunnels
This sequel finds 14 year old Will Burrows, his younger brother Cal and friend Chester journey further underground into The Deeps; a place where those banished from the Colony are... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2008 by Nuke
Darker...Deadlier...Deeper
Deeper is the second book in the Tunnels series and follows the continuing story of Will Burrows deep in the bowels of the Earth. Read more
Published on 22 May 2008 by Jessica Berger
It's very deep!
Brilliant! It certainly lives up to its title in probing deeper into the dark adventures of Will Burrows et al and the plot of 'a sister who isn't finished yet'. Read more
Published on 17 May 2008 by Mrs. J. WILKIE
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