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lonk's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Pretty standard Aliens fare. Character experienced the Xenomorphs in the past, then gets unwillingly dragged into a mission to capture some specimens. Despite their protests, they go along and things go wrong. Little extra twist with another familiar space-faring race...
All in all, it's what I expected and it was written well enough. You ask for a chocolate cake and you get a chocolate cake - you know what you're getting and you can't complain. Enjoyable for what it was. Next up!
All in all, it's what I expected and it was written well enough. You ask for a chocolate cake and you get a chocolate cake - you know what you're getting and you can't complain. Enjoyable for what it was. Next up!
hrb7917's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, and Violence
authoraugust's review against another edition
4.0
A highly enjoyable sci-fi romp through a universe that invited such dark thoughts as this book's premise. Billie, Wilks, and Bueller make an excellent cast of protagonists to follow through this light, dark read. I will definitely look for book 2.
authoraugust's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent. Pulpy fiction at its best. Strong, snappy characters who developed and changed. Fast read.
athenaevarinya's review against another edition
5.0
Sadly, there would be people who would be that greedy that this situation could happen.
dave_white's review against another edition
1.0
Any interesting thing set up by first book went out of window. Anything alien can be replaced by pretty much anything else an it would not make any difference. Only halfway interesting character is pretty much reduced to two bit stereotype.
dave_white's review against another edition
2.0
It's uhh... very cheasy and kinda follows the second movie's grooves and beats. I mean... it has couple interesting moments (alien life cycle, corporations vs. government), but majority of the book is just aliens 2, part 2, electric bugaloo.
inbetweenthelines's review against another edition
3.0
it's not what I expected when I first read it and although it is more about the characters than the aliens, it's still a good book, I did enjoy reading it. I enjoyed Steve's style, but I know at the same time there's better out there.
If you're going into it for the Xenomorphs and wanting to dive head first into them and the biology of them ect - it's not for you. If you're just wanting a good little alien story then sure.
It does have some good ideas and some good things in the book, like connecting it to the first movie, the idea that the chest hosts will burst out faster/grow faster when the host is scared, I thought that was interesting. I just thought the Xenos would be more upfront than somewhere in the background.
If you're going into it for the Xenomorphs and wanting to dive head first into them and the biology of them ect - it's not for you. If you're just wanting a good little alien story then sure.
It does have some good ideas and some good things in the book, like connecting it to the first movie, the idea that the chest hosts will burst out faster/grow faster when the host is scared, I thought that was interesting. I just thought the Xenos would be more upfront than somewhere in the background.