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floresben73's review
3.0
I enjoyed it well enough to finish it, but it's nothing spectacular. If you're an Alien fan, which I wouldn't say I am, you may like it more than I did.
nermutbundaloy's review
adventurous
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
snekole's review
3.0
3.5 stars
Took too long to be introduced to the aliens for me, was still super fun
Took too long to be introduced to the aliens for me, was still super fun
zu_reviews's review
4.0
For fans of the Alien franchise, this delivered. It's slow to get to the Aliens in the beginning, but I actually really enjoyed exploring the Zagreus planet and seeing the Xenobiologist profession in action.
Many thing weren't really "surprises" nor were there any plot twists you won't see coming if you're familiar with the source material. My biggest qualm was how slow we were to get to the actual Aliens and that it took awhile for the tension to feel "ramped up". I worried that a book didn't have the same grab or could make you as afraid as the movies do. Once we got really going though it stood on it's own as it's own thing.
Many thing weren't really "surprises" nor were there any plot twists you won't see coming if you're familiar with the source material. My biggest qualm was how slow we were to get to the actual Aliens and that it took awhile for the tension to feel "ramped up". I worried that a book didn't have the same grab or could make you as afraid as the movies do. Once we got really going though it stood on it's own as it's own thing.
samreads_alot's review
1.0
1 Star
Let me just start by saying that I love aliens. Especially the xenomorphs.
This book only gets one star for the fact that I actually finished it.
First off it took 100 pages to get to a scene with xenomorphs. And then they didn’t show again till the last hundred pages.
It starts off with learning about our main character Olivia and her twin sister Viola. They’re 17 and they live with their parents traveling from planet to planet as xenobiologists. Sounds cool right? Well when you spend the first half of the book talking about your crush and your raging hormones and then some stupid worm alien thing, you’ve completely lost me. I understand this is a YA novel, but Olivia was such an annoying lead character. When there’s an alien invasion and you’re still talking about how much you want to be by your crush and hold their hand... Really? Come on. Let’s get on the ship and get out of here.
I feel like if this book would have not been in first person the action and conversation could have gone a lot smoother because it kept getting broken up by Olivia’s thoughts, which I did not care to read, and the action scenes were not fluid at all. This felt like reading a bad 80’s teenage horror film. Not something from the very popular and well done alien franchise. Needless to say I was very disappointed. I really wanted to like this one.
Let me just start by saying that I love aliens. Especially the xenomorphs.
This book only gets one star for the fact that I actually finished it.
First off it took 100 pages to get to a scene with xenomorphs. And then they didn’t show again till the last hundred pages.
It starts off with learning about our main character Olivia and her twin sister Viola. They’re 17 and they live with their parents traveling from planet to planet as xenobiologists. Sounds cool right? Well when you spend the first half of the book talking about your crush and your raging hormones and then some stupid worm alien thing, you’ve completely lost me. I understand this is a YA novel, but Olivia was such an annoying lead character. When there’s an alien invasion and you’re still talking about how much you want to be by your crush and hold their hand... Really? Come on. Let’s get on the ship and get out of here.
I feel like if this book would have not been in first person the action and conversation could have gone a lot smoother because it kept getting broken up by Olivia’s thoughts, which I did not care to read, and the action scenes were not fluid at all. This felt like reading a bad 80’s teenage horror film. Not something from the very popular and well done alien franchise. Needless to say I was very disappointed. I really wanted to like this one.
mothgender's review
5.0
This is a excellent addition to the Alien Franchise. Absolutely incredible. I love the sheer volume scientific biology nonsense.
smurfolis's review
4.0
I liked this. I connected with the characters, hated some others, and was invested in the plot.
I haven’t seen any of the Alien movies in years but this brings them flooding back and now, I might go do some rewatching.
A bit heavy on the teenage crush angle but everything else was superb.
I haven’t seen any of the Alien movies in years but this brings them flooding back and now, I might go do some rewatching.
A bit heavy on the teenage crush angle but everything else was superb.
sonygaystation's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
esmews's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
tamouse's review against another edition
5.0
Mira Grant does a great job jumping into the Alien universe with a YA novel set on a colony world, with the main characters, Olivia and Viola, twin sisters of a pair of traveling xenobiologists. The characters in the story are really well drawn out and developed, and the Alien creatures providing the level of terror and mayhem as good as the original movie (the best out them all). Ms Grant stays true to the universe and the YA genre, putting Olivia and Viola through increasingly harrowing circumstances right up until the last page, and like the movies, we know it isn't over for them.