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The Secret Sea Barry Lyga Books

Barry Lyga's other books have been great. While I like the characters in this book, it just wasn't up to my expectations.


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The Secret Sea Barry Lyga Books Reviews

I've read all of Mr Lyga's books, and this has to be my favorite novel of his to date. While his books are "officially" classified as of the Young Adult genre, I find them far more complex and nuanced that the typical YA novel--and therefore, more interesting and satisfying reads. One echoing theme of this author's books is the close bond between friends and between family members, and Lyga examines these relationships with the precision of a brain surgeon. The same attention to detail and plot structure is another pleasure of his books; the experienced reader knows that Lyga does not waste words--and everything he writes has meaning. The characters Zak, Moira, and Khalid may be young, but they are treated with great respect and care. Zak, in particular, suffers not only from cardiac problems--but discovers he has another cross to bear The crushing guilt of having survived birth while his twin brother died--well. that doesn't do his heart any good, either. Zak begins to have frightening visions of overwhelming floods and crashing volumes of water when he learns of a mysterious small boat being discovered underneath the wreckage of New York's Twin Towers. In the process of trying to uncover the mysteries, the three friends discover a twin reality to that in which they/we exist--very much like our own--yet different in many terrifying ways. Overriding the other terrors is that of extreme loneliness--the isolation of the soul. This is an outstanding read that makes the reader feel as though he/she is right there with the characters, riding the waves of the plotline and experiencing the same dreadful awe. But yet--as a long-term Lyga fan always knows--the writer has a lifeline for you--just hold on, trust him, and he will see you safely through the darkness.
The author makes a note that inspiration for this story came about when he read a story that a ship had been unearthed under the ground zero rubble. A boat, so far inland and how it got there and the message is sends to today. After reading that this story made a lot more sense to me. But going into the book not knowing that led to some very weird times when I was trying to piece together what was happening and how the events made sense blended together.
This story is a mixture of a thriller-adventure with science fiction and a bit of paranormal. Zak begins to hear somebody calling to him, and soon he finds that is is being drawn to the subway system downtown trying to get him to cross over to where ever they are. With some prodding and accompaniment of his two best friends Zak does find his way over the border into a new dimension, following the clues to who the voices belong to and their connection to him.
I found myself flying through this book, there was always something happening and ramping up the story lines as it goes. There were times that I would find some pause trying to figure out how certain events could play out in the story. For example Zak has a condition and when the jump to this new dimension he must find whatever version of the antidote the new world had so he didn't end up dead. At first leading me to believe that it was something the author did to add some drama to the story to give it more of a thriller feeling, being on a deadline to find the medicine, or die.
What I found is that it made me think a lot about how it is just the small things that can make major changes to our futures, medicine, weather and ideas. In this different dimension that they have to find their way around is a mixture of the current day New York City and what could be a slightly different one. One of the main focuses of this story is New York City itself. As I only have a very small idea of the streets, monuments and buildings are like there. I believe that people who are more familiar with the city will really enjoy this story as it does compare a lot of the landscape between the two worlds.
I came away from this book with more thoughts of "that was interesting" than anything else. I didn't love the story but I found it very entertaining and attention grabbing, especially in the end where it took a bit of an angle that I didn't see coming.
Barry Lyga's other books have been great. While I like the characters in this book, it just wasn't up to my expectations.