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antonia_reads's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
wyrmbergmalcolm's review
3.0
I haven't seen the new Independence Day film yet. I was really excited for it, then heard the lacklustre reviews and so am waiting for it to come out on Amazon or something. I gather this features one of the characters from the film (Joshua Adams played by William Fichtner).
This does have quite the X-COM: Terror From The Deep vibe to it, in fact in one of the supplementals at the back the phrase "Terror From The Deep" is mentioned.
I enjoyed the supplementals which added to the feel of the book and explained why Adams was so bothered by the water. They really felt like a bunch of extras on a Blu-Ray.
The story itself focused mainly on the team, without any of that heads-of-chief-of-posturing that feature prominently in this type of story, which was a nice change. I also enjoyed seeing inside the craft.
Most of the characters were little more than alien-bait but Adams certainly owned every scene.
The artwork was pretty decent, with the aliens looking the part and Fichtner's likeness being identifiable more often than not.
This does have quite the X-COM: Terror From The Deep vibe to it, in fact in one of the supplementals at the back the phrase "Terror From The Deep" is mentioned.
I enjoyed the supplementals which added to the feel of the book and explained why Adams was so bothered by the water. They really felt like a bunch of extras on a Blu-Ray.
The story itself focused mainly on the team, without any of that heads-of-chief-of-posturing that feature prominently in this type of story, which was a nice change. I also enjoyed seeing inside the craft.
Most of the characters were little more than alien-bait but Adams certainly owned every scene.
The artwork was pretty decent, with the aliens looking the part and Fichtner's likeness being identifiable more often than not.
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