The Cave
Scott Dyson
Reader Reviews
4.0
1 rating
Read Letter D.
Aug 15, 2026
3.5 rounding up
Solid writing, solid premise but I wish it delivered a bit more. The focus shifted to the coming of age-ness of it all (fine) but I wanted a bit more lore and monster.
The water-earter was an interesting set up that felt a bit forgotten until the MC randomly thinks of the underground river drying up as being consumer by the monster. No clue how he made that logic leap as they had pretty well landed on the monster consuming their fear. Also not sure it needed to be quite so r@pey? Sure that scared the crap out of poor Gina, but as an effective way to get to the boys? Ehh, digging a little deeper might have made the monster scarier.
I LOVED the time and mind-bending aspects and was desperate for more there. It's a great concept, especially in a story with adolescent characters. I want more of THAT!
Solid writing, solid premise but I wish it delivered a bit more. The focus shifted to the coming of age-ness of it all (fine) but I wanted a bit more lore and monster.
The water-earter was an interesting set up that felt a bit forgotten until the MC randomly thinks of the underground river drying up as being consumer by the monster. No clue how he made that logic leap as they had pretty well landed on the monster consuming their fear. Also not sure it needed to be quite so r@pey? Sure that scared the crap out of poor Gina, but as an effective way to get to the boys? Ehh, digging a little deeper might have made the monster scarier.
I LOVED the time and mind-bending aspects and was desperate for more there. It's a great concept, especially in a story with adolescent characters. I want more of THAT!