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Alien vs. Predator: Fire and Stone by Ariel Olivetti, Christopher Sebela

bigbookgeek's review against another edition

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4.0

Very cool story, and great art!

drdena's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5 stars.

wondawilson's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

rivensbane's review against another edition

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3.0

Art: ✪✪✪✪ stars
Story: ✪✪✪ stars.
Overall rating: ✪✪✪ + 1/2 stars.

I'm tired AF so expect a messy AF review.

First of all: the art was absolutely gorgeous. Definitely my fave style of the series so far!

As for the story... idk I'm still enjoying this series, but it just feels like they keep throwing more and more into the mix and it's not... making things better. I don't know that the presence of the Predators was entirely necessary, it felt more like they were added just for the sake of having them there, but that isn't an entirely new concept in the Alien/Predator franchise lbr. I guess they just wanted to run through all of them tbh: Alien, then Prometheus, then AVP and then Predator is up next.

The Aliens and the Predators are more like background plot devices/plot-pushers, the main focus of this volume was Elden and Francis - which is fine, because I like Elden, but I wish things were a little less.... busy? I guess? It just feels like there's too much happening and being added at once without there being enough focus + fine-tuning on the pre-existing storylines.

SpoilerThere were humans and xenomorphs and a mutated synthetic and now there are predators and now there's a mutated predator and now there's a mutated human. Additionally, the xenomorphs keep flipping between obeying Elden and attacking Elden and obeying Elden again - I'm still not quite sure what's happening there, maybe they explained and I glossed over it lmao I'm assuming it's something to do with their dna and/or the accelerant.


ANYWAY overall: enjoyed it enough, and I'll be continuing with the series to see what happens next.

wortsucher's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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