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saltyessentials's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Enjoyably Good
alexxxxxxxxxx's review
3.0
Well that was fun. As a Predator novelisation, this worked pretty well. I appreciated that this was based off of the original screenplay as I wasn't just reading a movie I'd seen a hundred times.
The fact they used the script means that, the Predator in this novel is not the Yautja Predator we know, but the original monster from the script. Y'know, the one they wanted Jean-Claude Van Damme to suit act for before he bailed from the movie. We'll I liked this monster. More or less the same as the Predator, this monster felt more animalistic in its hunting than our pred. Less ritualistic.
I was kind of hoping for more characterization amungst the cast, as we know them well from the movie. But I didn't really get anymore character growth that I didn't know from the movie. Aside that the whole cast loves being racist to each other (although I think that was the author being a weirdo and not knowing how to make people of different ethnicities interact)
The fact they used the script means that, the Predator in this novel is not the Yautja Predator we know, but the original monster from the script. Y'know, the one they wanted Jean-Claude Van Damme to suit act for before he bailed from the movie. We'll I liked this monster. More or less the same as the Predator, this monster felt more animalistic in its hunting than our pred. Less ritualistic.
I was kind of hoping for more characterization amungst the cast, as we know them well from the movie. But I didn't really get anymore character growth that I didn't know from the movie. Aside that the whole cast loves being racist to each other (although I think that was the author being a weirdo and not knowing how to make people of different ethnicities interact)
the_original_shelf_monkey's review
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.25
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