The Deep by Nick Cutter
Global human population decline is being caused by a weird disease known as the “Gets.” They start forgetting little things like where they put their keys at first, then bigger things like how to drive or the alphabet. Their bodies lose the ability to operate automatically. No treatment exists.
Yet, a global healer known as “ambrosia” has been found deep within the Pacific Ocean. A specialized research facility has been constructed eight miles beneath the sea’s surface to explore this occurrence. Yet when the station loses communication, a brave few venture down into the dark depths in an effort to solve the mysteries that lie beneath those terrifying pressures. and perhaps to come into a dark evil that is beyond everything one could imagine.
The Deep by Nick Cutter
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The novel is great and contains several scenes that are horrifying and genuinely scary. The idea of our collective fear, irrational imagination of what might be hiding in the shadows, and the cruel inner monologue we give those creatures are expertly woven by the author. But in this instance, the creatures are actual. The station itself generates a whole sense of terror, malice, and claustrophobia. The protagonist’s memories of his early years are unsettling, though a touch too purposefully so.
Dr. Luke Nelson, a veterinarian, is first introduced to us in Nick Cutter’s The Deep: A Novel. While he hasn’t seen his brilliant scientist brother Clay in years, the government has hired him to assist with a project Clay is working on. In the Mariana Trench, eight miles below the ocean’s surface, Clay is researching an alleged miraculous cure-all substance known as ambrosia. Everyone who contracts “the Gets,” as it is known, starts forgetting more and more things until they eventually stop breathing. Ambrosia may be the only item that can treat it, according to the theory. Clay is working with two other scientists to collect some ambrosia for research.
The issue is that the people on top have cut off communication with the tiny facility they have there (the Trieste), and one of Clay’s last transmissions was a strange-sounding plea for Luke to “come home.” One of the other scientists emerged on his own and was discovered dead in very horrifying circumstances. Luke is promptly dispatched to the Trieste with Lieutenant Commander Alice “Al” Sykes in the hopes that he would be the key to discovering what is happening.
The bizarre and insane occurrences progress smoothly. But it overcame that. Luke spends a lot of time becoming lost in memories; it seems to be related to the Trieste or doing anything else that might be present here with the ambrosia. As a result, we frequently see into Luke’s life. It does start to matter.
He’s struggled with things since his son Zach disappeared several years ago. Yet his and Clayton’s upbringing was everything from typical. The mother of Clayton and Luke. She is an evil monster who is capable of doing terrible things. Also, she is a living, breathing façade hiding some significant fatphobia.
It is extremely clear that the intricacies of her obesity are being dwelt on almost lovingly in order to make her appear more repulsive and horrible. Almost every time she is mentioned, whether or not it is pertinent to anything, there is a nod to her weight. Even it is made to be repulsive when she trauma-eats following a particularly traumatic occurrence. Later a man who killed several children is briefly mentioned, and of course, he is called “rotund.” In Nicholas Cutter’s view, being fat is a bad thing. It’s awful to be fat. Obesity is a sign of unrest. Individuals that are overweight maltreat, molest, and even murder children.
