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
By L. Granger
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
By Dave Jeffery
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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.... Read more ›
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.... Read more ›
By Mr. M. Jones
Format:Paperback
Good points are the variety of environments they travel through - lava tunnels, caverns, mine train, lake, swamp, island, bunker, ruins, with the promise of more to come. The variety helped maintain interest; being realistic about being lost in the dark added a great touch of realism and made me realise that there was no guarentee that the heroes would survive unscathed; characters are kept few and interesting with a few surprises.
Bad points include the length of the book - at nearly 700 pages it seems indulgent for the author and takes a good few sessions to wade through; the ecology, which seems very random and extreme at times - most areas are desolate and rocky, whilst others have a variety of life, but then some teem with giant animals that seem to have no food source (the cave cows) and no predators or competitors. It just felt too artificial; plants with no energy source supporting them; unstoppable and innumerable foes - endless ranks of limiters and styx, robotic and unbeatable.
All in all, a good adventure with plenty of variety and story twists with intrigue and danger in abundance. I'll certainly pick up the next one, though I'll enjoy a few shorter books first.
Bad points include the length of the book - at nearly 700 pages it seems indulgent for the author and takes a good few sessions to wade through; the ecology, which seems very random and extreme at times - most areas are desolate and rocky, whilst others have a variety of life, but then some teem with giant animals that seem to have no food source (the cave cows) and no predators or competitors. It just felt too artificial; plants with no energy source supporting them; unstoppable and innumerable foes - endless ranks of limiters and styx, robotic and unbeatable.
All in all, a good adventure with plenty of variety and story twists with intrigue and danger in abundance. I'll certainly pick up the next one, though I'll enjoy a few shorter books first.
By Jim Foster
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Both Deeper and Tunnels have bought the joy of reading back to me. The vibrant and exciting sub-terranian world is a real page turner. Can't wait to start the next book!
Format:Paperback
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. I am glad I did as I was able to read them much sooner that way. What a fascinating series.
By julian121
Format:Paperback
Found this book to be hugely overwritten I feel it would have been a better book coming in at half the length.
By M. J. Saxton
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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. It also has an awful lot of darkness.
While the book undoubtedly takes you on Will's great underground adventure, it is no piece of light reading and certainly won't be to every child's taste. There's quite a lot of violence and it's more graphic than I remember from the last volume. In Drake and Elliot we get a touch of the vigilante with plenty of running around in harsh environments, blowing things up and shooting people.
Will, Cal and Chester develop more as characters in this story, as do Sarah and Mrs Burrows. Mr Burrows is a boffin and little else, and Drake and Elliott have hints of depth, but it is never explored. Rebecca is well and sinisterly portrayed. You certainly don't lose interest in who the story is about.
Some of the plot twists are a bit pat, people are conveniently found to be alive when they seem to have unquestionably been killed. A little more uncertainty might have helped.
There is something very Jules Verne about the tale and that helps it enormously, but you can't help thinking there are a few too many influences here.
Phrases like, "events were about to take an unexpected turn" stick out like a sore thumb when they crop up, which is a bit too often. A little more finesse of language and a lot more editing would help this book. There seem to be too many adventures and too many characters which get in the way of the story, the same fault as in "Tunnels". Often the reader longs for the narrative to continue.
Each of the books so far could have been half the length and still done a good job with this story.... Read more ›
While the book undoubtedly takes you on Will's great underground adventure, it is no piece of light reading and certainly won't be to every child's taste. There's quite a lot of violence and it's more graphic than I remember from the last volume. In Drake and Elliot we get a touch of the vigilante with plenty of running around in harsh environments, blowing things up and shooting people.
Will, Cal and Chester develop more as characters in this story, as do Sarah and Mrs Burrows. Mr Burrows is a boffin and little else, and Drake and Elliott have hints of depth, but it is never explored. Rebecca is well and sinisterly portrayed. You certainly don't lose interest in who the story is about.
Some of the plot twists are a bit pat, people are conveniently found to be alive when they seem to have unquestionably been killed. A little more uncertainty might have helped.
There is something very Jules Verne about the tale and that helps it enormously, but you can't help thinking there are a few too many influences here.
Phrases like, "events were about to take an unexpected turn" stick out like a sore thumb when they crop up, which is a bit too often. A little more finesse of language and a lot more editing would help this book. There seem to be too many adventures and too many characters which get in the way of the story, the same fault as in "Tunnels". Often the reader longs for the narrative to continue.
Each of the books so far could have been half the length and still done a good job with this story.... Read more ›
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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
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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
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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
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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 JOESKY9
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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
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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
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