“The Swarm” by Frank Schätzing.

The plot:

The world begins to suffer an escalating and sensational series of natural disasters, and two marine biologists begin to develop a theory that the cause lies in the oceans, where an entity know as the Yrr has developed a massive network of single-cell organisms. It is wreaking havoc in order to prevent humankind from destroying the earth’s ecological balance forever.

The Americans, under the ruthless General Judith Lee, take a more pragmatic approach than the scientists, seeking to wipe out the being of the deep.

The scene is set for a massive confrontation…

Sounds pretty exciting, right? It’s even a bestseller! Well, I’ll be brutally honest…I’ve never hated a book like I hate this one.

I found it to be sooooo boring that I’d rather clean public toilets instead of reading this again. It had so many different complicated characters that I couldn’t even remember who was who without rifling back through the book to refresh myself.

Also, the scientific jargon used could only be understood if you were a huge science buff or worked in that field. I’m not one who complains about a little bit of science, I do really like “Jurassic Park” or “Congo”, but the lay person would struggle to follow “The Swarm.”

I don’t know if it just got translated poorly over from German, but it wasn’t my cup of tea at all.

This is the most awesome idea that I’ve ever read on Reddit! 🤣

That actually sounds kind of cool! NGL, I would read it. 😄

It’s not just her anger issues.

She’s very classless and I don’t like that. I’m not usually so judgemental (or so I like to think), but she’s too much.