What an interesting, action-packed submarine horror story!

With artwork equally beautiful and horrifying, this book tells the story of a crew that one by one starts turning into something terrifying after encountering another, wrecked, submarine. Set in a dystopian world, the authors have created an extremely interesting story that I'm eager to read more of! The characters are interesting, and the plot starts developing almost immediately, sucking you into the story as soon as you start flipping the pages. I believe you'd enjoy this if you're a fan of the Alien movie franchise!

Highly recommend to every horror lover, even if you don't usually tend to go for graphic novels! I'm excited for more volumes to come out, so I can binge them as soon as possible and see what happens next!

Crush Depth follows a crew in a massive nuclear submarine, The Absolution. Due to climate change, there is uncertainty about the surface. Chief Science Officer Liana Pearson comes across something alien when the crew discovers another submarine and fights to survive.

I found the story a little hard to follow, but only because there were a lot of different characters. I also kept forget which brother was who. The artwork was vibrant! I like the gory details and the creature character design. I really liked Liana's character and I'm hoping to see how she manages to survive the surface!

Firstly, the graphics for this were really well done! I also loved that this story was set in a sub deep below in the ocean. The setting really added to the creepy vibes. However, I did have a tricky time following the story and keeping up the current time setting: I.e “earlier”, “later”. It felt a little disjointed - but that could also just be a me thing. I wish we had a bit more of an introduction to the characters so I could really invest into their story and reasons behind their decisions. But for a first volume, it still held my interest and I read it all in one sitting. I’ll definitely read the next volumes to see if there is more backstory to the characters and to see what happens next! (Thank you to NetGalley and Mad Cave Studios for the e-arc).

I was a bit unsure about this graphic novel until I reached the end of the second chapter. That when I exclaimed “what the f*ck?!?” From then on, I was hooked. I’ve always loved horror that takes place in the ocean, and this was definitely no exception. I loved how gnarly it got at times, plus the contentious relationship between the brothers was well done.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

Nick Cutter's The Deep meets Alien underwater in Crush Depth. This fast-paced horror graphic novel combines beautifully twisted art and a claustrophobic survival story, and it's a really fun read. This story has two of my favorite horror tropes: an extreme, isolated setting; and an unexplainable, monstrous entity slowly picking off the cast one by one. I would highly recommend Crush Depth to fans of horror graphic novels, as well as to readers who enjoy underwater horror, survival horror, and freaky monsters.

Thank you to NetGalley & Mad Cave Studios for the arc! All thoughts & opinions in the review are my own.