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poerlescene's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
3.5
Ending felt very abrupt and barely strewn. Otherwise, good for a light, fast-paced read.
john87's review against another edition
3.0
Tim Lebbon remains consistent in his writing and offers a fun summer read with the Rage War trilogy. The third book shakes things up ever so slightly by offering the perspective of the enemy throughout, questionable motives and all, while escalating further into all out *you guessed it* armageddon. It's hardly original but stays enjoyable nonetheless.
All in all The Rage War novels are a very entertaining entry into AVP series as a whole and arguably better compared to what we've seen from this particular franchise on the big screen. That said, as fun and competent as these novels are you're never going to see these floating around on any top 100 sci-fi lists though. They're predictable from start to finish and never amount to anything other than mere guilty pleasure. Go in with moderate expectations and you'll enjoy the ride. Probably.
All in all The Rage War novels are a very entertaining entry into AVP series as a whole and arguably better compared to what we've seen from this particular franchise on the big screen. That said, as fun and competent as these novels are you're never going to see these floating around on any top 100 sci-fi lists though. They're predictable from start to finish and never amount to anything other than mere guilty pleasure. Go in with moderate expectations and you'll enjoy the ride. Probably.
mojonicus's review against another edition
3.0
It was an okay end to the trilogy but also felt a bit rushed. There was a lot of cool ideas and developments built up but then felt like the author just went “nah sod it, bored now, let’s finish this up and go fishing”. That being said I did enjoy it and would recommend it if you have read the other two books.
dankolar's review against another edition
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
3.75
ashestoasher77's review against another edition
3.0
This was a very good book. I absolutely loathed the ending. It felt like the ending was thrown together. The dropholes are shut off after there are a dozen explosions reported/seen where the Rage ships were in the Sol System, the troops accompanying Marshall claiming that there are no transmissions of any kind, and rather than wait for confirmation, he terminates the connections. It felt very unlike Marshall, given how calculating he was during the series and his extreme reluctance to even consider shutting the dropholes off. We also do not know the fate of Weaver's World, let alone any of the numerous other worlds under attack by the Rage's weaponized xenomorphs, only that they now have no commanders and can act independently.
Most of the human sphere will die because there is now no way to quickly send supplies that are needed, and the characters who survive are given vague endings with promise of seeing things outside the human sphere. It did not feel like a true ending, but rather a very poorly written cliffhanger.
Most of the human sphere will die because there is now no way to quickly send supplies that are needed, and the characters who survive are given vague endings with promise of seeing things outside the human sphere. It did not feel like a true ending, but rather a very poorly written cliffhanger.
mikeflame's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
fantasticmrethan's review against another edition
2.0
It’s a bit slow to get going but once the major players get together it finally picks up. Still bleak and repetitive but it does get slightly better. My favourite characters of the previous two still shone through in this one.
ghostmuppet's review against another edition
3.0
The final book in the series was a good solid, if a little predictable, story. As a collection i think it worked fairly well, without upsetting too much in peoples eyes of the Aliens and Predators. Its still very much a human focused story (how the humans will survive the war, humans being the rage etc).
Wont win any awards, but a solid popcorn type book.
Wont win any awards, but a solid popcorn type book.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition
3.0
After two pretty solid books on the developing Rage War, this final entry was a little bit of a letdown. Despite the losses in the previous books, this did suffer a bit from having too many characters, many of which were just hanging around not doing very much. The Xenomorph attacks were just there to be violent, with the motivation behind the attacks as whimsical as ‘just because’. Again the team ups between human and predator made for some awesome scenes, but I can’t help feeling this trilogy would have been better as a duology. The ending was a bold move, and has certainly left things open for some potentially really interesting stories.