Thank you netgalley for the ARC. I REALLY wanted to love this. The Last One is one of my favourite thrillers of all time so I was VERY excited! Sadly, this fell flat for me. I learned a lot about deep dea diving but unfortunately It isn't a topic I am interested in and I didn't have the claustrophobic feeling that I hoped to feel while reading this. I will continue to read Will Dean but this wasn't for me!

3.75

This book is phenomenal on audio. The narrator does such an amazing job at portraying the character slowly going a little stir crazy inside the Chamber as the book progresses. It was such a fun listen and if you’re a huge fan of audiobooks I highly recommend listening to this one. I was extremely excited to dive into this one (no pun intended) when I received the ARC copy a while ago. I have never read anything like this and it has since made me excited to read other suspense locked in/claustrophobic novels. It is not necessarily a thriller or horror alone but the suspense and the drawn out, weighed down feeling of the narrative really pulled the reader in to make you feel like you’re also stuck inside the Chamber with these divers. I think the writing style and the way the narrator is kind of telling us the story as it goes along is helpful for those who may not know much about the ocean, deep sea diving, etc. I really felt the tension of the Chamber and the suspense our main character was going through, like when will this be over, when will she escape? My only concern with this book is that with the drawn out story and the long time spent under the sea in the Chamber, the ending felt the exact opposite and rushed. I was left confused and agitated at the characters, the author, and the book as a whole because of the ending. Without the rushed ending and with maybe a bit more explanation this would’ve been super close to a 5 star read for me! Still an amazing narration I highly recommend the audio!

This starts off as a very intense read and a bit thrilling but an about halfway through. It does seem to plateau as a story wraps up. It does pick back up again, but I’m still left, wanting it to be more thrilling aspect.. I also did feel that the ending didn’t really explain enough and left me still wondering why so I wish you would have wrapped it up a little bit better but overall it still is a good read.

I am loving Will’s books in the summer time! The Chamber had me hooked from the very first page. It felt like such an intense and edge of your seat read. The writing was really descriptive and well researched - it felt like I was a part of this crew. It also kept me guessing until the very end. I think this would make a great book club pick as there is so much to speculate and talk about too. The only thing that bugged me is the unnecessary and prolonged character back stories that didn’t have much to do with the actual storyline. But, other than that I had a hard time putting this suspenseful book down!

Will Dean brings us a locked room thriller. Ellen Brooke is part of a team of divers working via hyperbaric chamber under the sea. After completing a dive, Ellen comes above into the chamber, and one of her coworkers has died. Shortly after that, another one succumbs to a mysterious fate. Slowly, one by one her coworkers are dying. However, they are stuck in this chamber for four days while they decompress. Can Ellen make it out alive?

This book is very technical, especially in the beginning, with a lot of terms most people will not be familiar with. It’s a pretty cluster phobic book, but I wasn’t really into it. I kept hoping for more clues or action, other than people just dying.

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books

This was a very atmospheric, locked room thriller. Told from one POV, this was a very slow burn. I will say that this was an anxiety inducing read. Could you imagine the panic and fear of being stuck in a small room with no help of getting out 😦😦😦

Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for an advanced free copy of this ebook to review. All opinions are my own.

The Chamber is my second Will Dean novel, and I have to say that he is the master of inducing claustrophobia through his writing. I kept feeling like I was trapped with no way out.

Ellen is our main character, and oh my God I was not expecting the ending for her. This book is great, go read it.

Thanks to Netgalley and Atria for the arc of The Chamber. I was so excited to get this book. It’s been an anticipated summer read and it did not disappoint. So, let me start by saying that I do not like small spaces. I do not like the thought of being locked in anywhere so reading this made me feel tense and I found myself holding my breath in certain places. I’m not very familiar with saturation or diving so this was all new to me and some parts that described it in detail were not my favorite, but still interesting and I felt like I learned something new. This has definite claustrophobic vibes. Very cool! Enjoyed it.

This book combines the eerie setting of a parabolic chamber in the ocean with a 'locked door' mystery plot.

Ellen is a SAT diver stuck in a parabolic chamber on a job with 5 others. Most of the others she knows and trusts from previous jobs they have worked together, but when divers start dying, she starts to questions how well she knows them.

I really enjoyed most of this book. I found the mystery very intriguing and catchy. I found the characters very interesting and enjoyed their individual stories. I also enjoyed Ellen as a POV character and really liked how Will Dean turned her into an unreliable narrator as the book progressed and you learned more about her past.

I just struggled with visualizing the parabolic chamber and the surroundings, so the book seemed to drag for me in the parts where there was a lot of talk about the chamber and the parts. For example, the chamber is supposed to be underwater and the divers communicate to the people overseeing the mission through speakers, but then there would be people watching the divers from little windows. I did reference the diagram in the front of the book frequently, but still had a hard time with visualizing the setting of the chamber.

Overall a solid book that is different from anything else I have ever read, but The Last One is still my favorite Will Dean book.

The chamber is will deans latest and a unique take on a locked-room mystery! Six divers are in a hyperbolic chamber when one crew member dies the other five begin to worry about being stuck in the chamber after the
death under mysterious circumstances. Another crew member goes sick and it becomes clear that one of them is a killer-but who and why?

This is an interesting premise and a unique twist to the locked room thriller. The genre and trope is one of my favorites, but it does eventually get tired, so it’s refreshing to see a new take on it.

Deans thrillers are always winners and this one will please the many fans!

Thanks to the publisher for the arc via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Locked-room mysteries are a hit-or-miss for me, even though the premise sounds appetizing. However, "The Chamber" stands out as a unique and intriguing addition to the genre, making it one of the definite hits I've read this summer!

If you are into diving, this story is even more fascinating. While a bit over my head, it's full of diving facts and information that add an intriguing layer to the story. I wish I could fully grasp and remember all the facts and information I read!

The story is set in a hyperbaric saturation chamber. The narrator, Ellen, is the only female diver among the six crew members, which is interesting because the author is male.

The tension ramps up when a crew member is found dead in his bunk, and the decompression process begins, lasting four days. Things become even more intense when another member falls ill, and they don't have any answers.

The confined, pressurized environment of the chamber, the constant need for cleanliness, and the looming threat of deadly bacteria make for a truly gripping read. If you're a diving enthusiast or a mystery lover, this book is a must-read that will keep you captivated from start to finish!

Get ready for an incredible ending in "The Chamber"! It's absolutely mind-blowing and will leave you stunned, yet possibly satisfied.

Thank you to Atria Books/Emily Bestler Books for this ARC provided via NetGalley. All opinions are my own and leftvoluntarily.

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Really enjoyed this claustrophobic locked room whodunit. Dean did an amazing job of making 6 people in a pressure chamber slowly start distrusting each other and the details of how deep sea divers and environments and equipment works was a great stage.

Highly recommended for anyone that likes locked room mysteries.

I am one of those weird people who likes to read books about my greatest fears – I guess maybe because that way I can experience things I’m too scared to do in real life? In any case, The Chamber, which features two of my greatest fears (the deep ocean and enclosed spaces), seemed like just the ticket. Six saturation divers are living in a pressurized chamber during a 28-day job in the North Sea, when one of them dies under suspicious circumstances in his bunk. They can’t leave the chamber, because they have to decompress properly or risk death – a process that takes several days. And no one can come in to help them for the same reason. It’s a locked room murder mystery in the most intense circumstances imaginable, and I expected to fly through it.

But much to my surprise, I found this book to be really, really boring. And the problem actually lies in the book’s hook: The divers are trapped in the chamber. So there’s nothing for them to do except sit around and talk while they go through the decompression process. And maybe that still would have been okay, if this was a different type of book: a literary character study, perhaps, that allowed the narrative space to really dive (ha, pun!) into the nuances of these characters and their motivations. But while character development is attempted, it all feels very surface-level (another pun!). Instead, the characters mostly talk about their past experiences, or the experiences of other divers they know, in passages that feel like they could have been lifted directly from Will Dean’s interviews with real people in this profession. Some of their commentary is interesting, but it’s not exciting and does nothing to move the plot forward.

And after so much build-up to the moment when pressure would be equalized and the divers could leave the chamber, I was disappointed that the mystery was never clearly, resolutely resolved. I mean, I think I know what happened, but I definitely wanted one of those “killer explains all of their motivations in a big scene at the end” sorts of moments, rather than the ambiguity we got.

Anyway, The Chamber was a miss for me – but if you decide to read it, I highly recommend that you check out some YouTube videos about saturation diving first. The conditions that these divers live in, their day-to-day in a hyperbaric chamber while they’re on a job, their complex missions on the ocean floor – it’s so fascinating and frightening and truly has to be seen to be believed, and it’ll help to set the scene for this book. Hopefully you’ll have a better experience with it than I did. Thanks to Atria/Emily Bestler Books for the complimentary reading opportunity.

Never would have guessed that I would be so interested in the world of saturation diving. The ultimate locked-room mystery, The Chamber places Brooke and her fellow saturation divers in a hyperbaric chamber and divers start dying and they cannot leave. Being trapped in a small space is creepy enough but adding a murder mystery? Top-tier. This novel is well-researched and captures setting and feeling of being in this chamber, the mystery was engaging and kept me guessing. 3.75 stars rounded up.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This was a thriller with an unique storyline, 6 deep sea divers are in a hyperbaric chamber, and one by one they start dying. They don't know if someone from the outside is trying to kill them or if the killer is one of the 6 of them inside the chamber. Because of the depths and pressure they cannot just resurface and get out of the chamber, there is a multiple day decompression process before they can leave this chamber. They start to question everything from the people preparing their food and supplies, to the gas they're breathing in the chamber, to the water they brush their teeth with, to the integrity of each other. They don't know who to trust, only that people are dying and something sinister is definitely going on. This was a unique thriller with an enjoyable storyline! 💙📚

Thank you to the author and to the publisher for this ARC of The Chamber, exchange for an honest review.

Wow! I couldn't help but think of the vessel tha5 had loved to see the Titanic. I was totally freaked out. The suspense is terrifying. Shocking why and whom.

Thank you to NetGalley, Will Dean and Atria Books for the free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

This wasn’t quite what I expected, but it definitely felt very claustrophobic and lock in type mystery. I really needed to know what was happening and I cruised through this. I’m a bit confused about the ending but I think that’s on me, not on the book. Definitely recommend.

thank you netgalley for the e-arc. this book was awesome, what a ride! i thought it would be one of those books with details too technical for me to understand but once all the terms are used and they use them conversationally and during the action, it's easy. i thought the tension was built up so well, i didn't guess the end. i would want to say the characters are under-developed but i think that makes the book stronger, not knowing the people entirely adds to the mystery. and if the guy who ends up doing the crime is just described as a good diver and overall good guy onshore, then how COULD he be the criminal?

This was an interesting thriller! I really enjoyed it but the only thing missing for me was character development. There wasn't much at all in my opinion. It is a good story and I would recommend it. Just not as fast paced as I like and the character development just wasn't there for me. Overall though it was a great story.

Thanks to Netgalley and Atria for allowing me to receive this ARC.

Six experienced saturation divers are locked in a sat chamber heading to do a month long job. All that comes to an end when the newest and youngest member is found dead in his bunk. This book is told in the first person POV of Ellen - an experienced saturation diver. The reader follows her as the divers are slowly brought back up to the surface. When the other divers start dying, paranoia and suspicion follow. The book was well written and it had the reader hooked. I was left with my mouth open at the end with a plot twist I did not see coming. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this one.