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katyanaish's review against another edition
5.0
This one was really great, and largely a return to the more sci-fi action form of the earliest books in the series. It shook off the politics of D.C., which are starting to feel stale, and brought us into a really cool new alien world with fantastic alien characters.
Plus, it was fascinating to see what Algar gets up to.
As an added bonus, because we were in a new environment and outside the Earth rule-set, we got to shake off the ridiculous stress on hierarchy and such that have been such a drag with Reader and Crawford. I'm so tired of it, and it makes both of them seem so petty and petulant. Especially because ffs Jeff unquestionably outranks them now, as the VP.
I'm worried about Chuckie, glad to see Christopher become more of a 3-dimensional person (rather than the Master of Sulky Looks and Snide Remarks), interested to see if the mind reading continues when they're home.
Two things didn't happen, though, that I feel like I've been waiting for, for ages. They aren't spoilers, so I'm going to mention them here.
1 - Kitty's DNA is clearly exceptional, and I cannot believe that Tito hasn't realized that and started testing. Look, Mephistopheles believed they could integrate, way back in the first book. That already makes her the only other being we know of - besides Yates, who everyone is studying like mad because his DNA is exceptional - that could integrate with Mephistopheles. Furthermore, no other human character has mutated as she has. And no other character that we know of has developed random additional abilities when they get super enraged. Like, we've seen her use telekinesis (in Paris) and teleport (more than one time). And does any other A-C get more power as they get enraged? There's clearly something special going on with her mutation, and I have to think that if and when the bad guys realize it, they're going to drop the kill order on Kitty and start trying to grab her as a lab rat. Further, I worry the government will do the same - Kitty seems to be a gold mine for anyone trying to study how to turn a normal human into a supersoldier with none of the drug-addicted downside of Surcenthumaine.
2 - Christopher needs a job. A real job, because he's so wasted right now. And he seems to be particularly gifted at helping hybrids (or mutations like Kitty) learn to deal with their unique abilities. This will become more of a big deal, as our current crop of hybrid kiddos grow up. Why not put him in charge of that?
Oh, and I'm also going to mention the second development in this book that I wasn't thrilled about (the first one being the bit in spoiler tags above)... Ugh.
Plus, it was fascinating to see what Algar gets up to.
As an added bonus, because we were in a new environment and outside the Earth rule-set, we got to shake off the ridiculous stress on hierarchy and such that have been such a drag with Reader and Crawford. I'm so tired of it, and it makes both of them seem so petty and petulant. Especially because ffs Jeff unquestionably outranks them now, as the VP.
I'm worried about Chuckie, glad to see Christopher become more of a 3-dimensional person (rather than the Master of Sulky Looks and Snide Remarks), interested to see if the mind reading continues when they're home.
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Less thrilled about another baby entering the mix, because the Jamie already feels too overpowered and deus ex machina ... and I'm happiest when she's left out of the story altogether. Seriously, the best part about this book is that she wasn't in it, 99% of the time.Two things didn't happen, though, that I feel like I've been waiting for, for ages. They aren't spoilers, so I'm going to mention them here.
1 - Kitty's DNA is clearly exceptional, and I cannot believe that Tito hasn't realized that and started testing. Look, Mephistopheles believed they could integrate, way back in the first book. That already makes her the only other being we know of - besides Yates, who everyone is studying like mad because his DNA is exceptional - that could integrate with Mephistopheles. Furthermore, no other human character has mutated as she has. And no other character that we know of has developed random additional abilities when they get super enraged. Like, we've seen her use telekinesis (in Paris) and teleport (more than one time). And does any other A-C get more power as they get enraged? There's clearly something special going on with her mutation, and I have to think that if and when the bad guys realize it, they're going to drop the kill order on Kitty and start trying to grab her as a lab rat. Further, I worry the government will do the same - Kitty seems to be a gold mine for anyone trying to study how to turn a normal human into a supersoldier with none of the drug-addicted downside of Surcenthumaine.
2 - Christopher needs a job. A real job, because he's so wasted right now. And he seems to be particularly gifted at helping hybrids (or mutations like Kitty) learn to deal with their unique abilities. This will become more of a big deal, as our current crop of hybrid kiddos grow up. Why not put him in charge of that?
Oh, and I'm also going to mention the second development in this book that I wasn't thrilled about (the first one being the bit in spoiler tags above)...
Spoiler
Abby becoming uber-powered. Why? I mean, honestly, why? We've got powers all over the place, and Abby not only regaining her powers, but also apparently picking up Naomi's... plus the ability to teleport (which thus far only Kitty has had)... is just ridiculous. We have too much deus ex machina already, with Naomi able to bend things with her god-hands and Jamie busting out the ability to do everything from shield to TK to apparently swap Kitty into the multiverse, to whatever else the plot needs at this moment. Frankly, the best choice this series made was having the Gower twins lose their abilities, because it was just WAY TOO MUCH power. It undercuts the tension in any situation where they are present because you know they can do pretty much anything. And now we're back to that ... but worse? Because Abby can do everything the twins used to be able to do, and more???rikerandom's review against another edition
4.0
Diese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele
A warning first: As „Alien Separation“ is the eleventh instalment in Gini Koch’s „Katherine „Kitty“ Katt“ series there will be some smaller spoilers within this review!
At the same time however, „Alien Separation“ kind of breaks with the prior plot, ripping not only the reader but also Kitty and Co. out of the expected storyline – and that quite literarily because right at the beginning of this novel, while conferring on how to cope with the recently uncovered Mastermind, Kitty and Co. suddenly go all Star Trek and are beamed up and away – out of their solar system and into the Alpha Centauri system. And onto another planet, Beta Eight, where things seem to be a little fishy.
Honestly, I’m not all that happy with this novel. On the one hand I just loved how Gini Koch once again manages to surprise her readers, lets her characters tumble into the most unexpected situations, creates the most outlandish worlds and aliens and refines and expands the group of characters around her heroine. On the other hand though, I’m somewhat annoyed – both by Kitty, although I can’t even really say why, and by the world building. This one goes on and on and on in evermore details and I had some trouble actually visualizing those. A map would have been a lot more helpful here than all that tedious describing.
Nevertheless, I read „Alien Separation“ (just like the other ten books in the series) in almost one go and was pretty much captivated throughout the story. Plus, also just like every other novel in this series, the excerpt from the next one in the series, „Alien Chief“, is sooo intriguing, I just want to go on reading…
All in all, whoever has read the first ten adventures of Kitty and her friends and likes them, will also have their fun with „Alien Separation“, because once again Gini Koch manages to surprise her readers with new details and even though the novel could not convince me a 100%, part twelve already got a top spot on my wish list.
Diese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele
Eine Warnung vorweg: Da „Alien Separation“ der elfte Band von Gini Kochs „Katherine „Kitty“ Katt“-Serie ist, gibt es in dieser Rezension notgedrungen den einen oder anderen (kleineren) Spoiler!
Gleichzeitig ist es allerdings so, dass „Alien Separation“ nicht nur den Leser sondern auch Kitty und Co. aus der bisherigen Handlung herausreißt – und das im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, denn während sie gerade anfangen Pläne zu schmieden, wie sie mit dem jüngst enttarnten „Mastermind“ umgehen sollen, werden Kitty & Co plötzlich ganz Star Trek mäßig davon gebeamt – raus aus ihrem Sonnensystem und ab ins Alpha Centauri System. Und auf einen Planeten, Beta Acht, bei dem es irgendwie nicht so ganz mit rechten Dingen zuzugehen scheint.
Ich muss ganz ehrlich sagen, dass ich irgendwie zwiegespalten bin, was dieses Buch angeht. Einerseits finde ich es immer wieder absolut grandios, wie Gini Koch ihre Figuren in die unerwartetsten Situationen stolpern lässt, die ausgefallensten Welten und Aliens entwirft und die immer größer werdende Clique rund um Kitty weiterentwickelt und mit neuen, faszinierenden Figuren bestückt. Andererseits bin ich auch irgendwo genervt – von Kitty, ohne genau sagen zu können wieso, und vom Weltaufbau, der quasi totbeschrieben wird, dessen Feinheiten sich mir aber nur sehr schwer erschlossen haben, sodass mir eine visuelle Hilfe in Form einer Karte deutlich lieber gewesen wäre als die kaum enden wollenden Beschreibungen.
Trotzdem, ich habe auch „Alien Separation“ in (fast) einem Rutsch durchgelesen und war im Großen und Ganzen doch ziemlich gefesselt und natürlich, wie könnte es anders sein, mit dem Auszug aus dem nächsten Buch, „Alien Chief“, am Ende des Romans hat Gini Koch meine Vorfreude schon wieder soweit angestachelt, dass ich mir sicher bin, dass auch der zwölfte Band direkt am Erscheinungstag von mir verschlungen werden wird… :D
Wer also die ersten zehn Abenteuer von Kitty und ihren Kumpanen mit Begeisterung verfolgt hat, der wird auch an „Alien Separation“ seinen Spaß haben, denn Gini Koch schafft es auch beim elften Versuch mit Neuem zu überraschen und auch wenn mir der Roman im Detail nicht immer zu 100% gefallen hat, ist Band zwölf jetzt schon ganz oben auf meiner Wunschliste.
A warning first: As „Alien Separation“ is the eleventh instalment in Gini Koch’s „Katherine „Kitty“ Katt“ series there will be some smaller spoilers within this review!
At the same time however, „Alien Separation“ kind of breaks with the prior plot, ripping not only the reader but also Kitty and Co. out of the expected storyline – and that quite literarily because right at the beginning of this novel, while conferring on how to cope with the recently uncovered Mastermind, Kitty and Co. suddenly go all Star Trek and are beamed up and away – out of their solar system and into the Alpha Centauri system. And onto another planet, Beta Eight, where things seem to be a little fishy.
Honestly, I’m not all that happy with this novel. On the one hand I just loved how Gini Koch once again manages to surprise her readers, lets her characters tumble into the most unexpected situations, creates the most outlandish worlds and aliens and refines and expands the group of characters around her heroine. On the other hand though, I’m somewhat annoyed – both by Kitty, although I can’t even really say why, and by the world building. This one goes on and on and on in evermore details and I had some trouble actually visualizing those. A map would have been a lot more helpful here than all that tedious describing.
Nevertheless, I read „Alien Separation“ (just like the other ten books in the series) in almost one go and was pretty much captivated throughout the story. Plus, also just like every other novel in this series, the excerpt from the next one in the series, „Alien Chief“, is sooo intriguing, I just want to go on reading…
All in all, whoever has read the first ten adventures of Kitty and her friends and likes them, will also have their fun with „Alien Separation“, because once again Gini Koch manages to surprise her readers with new details and even though the novel could not convince me a 100%, part twelve already got a top spot on my wish list.
Diese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele
Eine Warnung vorweg: Da „Alien Separation“ der elfte Band von Gini Kochs „Katherine „Kitty“ Katt“-Serie ist, gibt es in dieser Rezension notgedrungen den einen oder anderen (kleineren) Spoiler!
Gleichzeitig ist es allerdings so, dass „Alien Separation“ nicht nur den Leser sondern auch Kitty und Co. aus der bisherigen Handlung herausreißt – und das im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, denn während sie gerade anfangen Pläne zu schmieden, wie sie mit dem jüngst enttarnten „Mastermind“ umgehen sollen, werden Kitty & Co plötzlich ganz Star Trek mäßig davon gebeamt – raus aus ihrem Sonnensystem und ab ins Alpha Centauri System. Und auf einen Planeten, Beta Acht, bei dem es irgendwie nicht so ganz mit rechten Dingen zuzugehen scheint.
Ich muss ganz ehrlich sagen, dass ich irgendwie zwiegespalten bin, was dieses Buch angeht. Einerseits finde ich es immer wieder absolut grandios, wie Gini Koch ihre Figuren in die unerwartetsten Situationen stolpern lässt, die ausgefallensten Welten und Aliens entwirft und die immer größer werdende Clique rund um Kitty weiterentwickelt und mit neuen, faszinierenden Figuren bestückt. Andererseits bin ich auch irgendwo genervt – von Kitty, ohne genau sagen zu können wieso, und vom Weltaufbau, der quasi totbeschrieben wird, dessen Feinheiten sich mir aber nur sehr schwer erschlossen haben, sodass mir eine visuelle Hilfe in Form einer Karte deutlich lieber gewesen wäre als die kaum enden wollenden Beschreibungen.
Trotzdem, ich habe auch „Alien Separation“ in (fast) einem Rutsch durchgelesen und war im Großen und Ganzen doch ziemlich gefesselt und natürlich, wie könnte es anders sein, mit dem Auszug aus dem nächsten Buch, „Alien Chief“, am Ende des Romans hat Gini Koch meine Vorfreude schon wieder soweit angestachelt, dass ich mir sicher bin, dass auch der zwölfte Band direkt am Erscheinungstag von mir verschlungen werden wird… :D
Wer also die ersten zehn Abenteuer von Kitty und ihren Kumpanen mit Begeisterung verfolgt hat, der wird auch an „Alien Separation“ seinen Spaß haben, denn Gini Koch schafft es auch beim elften Versuch mit Neuem zu überraschen und auch wenn mir der Roman im Detail nicht immer zu 100% gefallen hat, ist Band zwölf jetzt schon ganz oben auf meiner Wunschliste.
blodeuedd's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly, how can I possibly write a review? SO much is going on, so many cool lines. Kick-ass stuff and you know, the usual stuff. This is book 11 after all. Omg, book 11?! When did that happen? I still remember when I read book 1, awww, the memories.
This book mostly took place off planet, and I loved that. It felt refreshing you know. But then the last one was cool too since it mostly took place in a parallel universe...anyway. Yes most of the gang gets transported to an alien planet. Everyone scattered in different directions. Kitty has Christopher and Chuckie with her, but the rest? Her daughter? Jeff? Everyone? Well she has to find them all and save the day. Oh not to mention figure out why they are there.
Yay alien planet!!! It was one weird and colorful planet. Lots of weird ..things lived there too. "Birds" "other lifeforms" "flying snakes" oh you just have to read it to get it. Most were sentient, and has a bronze age society. Seriously, freaky things lives in that part of the galaxy! And trust me, freakier things show up at the end.
There is running, fighting, building friendships, naming things (Kitty you ;), getting to see the planet and saving the day. Saving the day in a big time at the end.
I took a peak at the next book too at the end, I had to after that....thing...was said ;) Looks to be interesting.
Fun times :)
This book mostly took place off planet, and I loved that. It felt refreshing you know. But then the last one was cool too since it mostly took place in a parallel universe...anyway. Yes most of the gang gets transported to an alien planet. Everyone scattered in different directions. Kitty has Christopher and Chuckie with her, but the rest? Her daughter? Jeff? Everyone? Well she has to find them all and save the day. Oh not to mention figure out why they are there.
Yay alien planet!!! It was one weird and colorful planet. Lots of weird ..things lived there too. "Birds" "other lifeforms" "flying snakes" oh you just have to read it to get it. Most were sentient, and has a bronze age society. Seriously, freaky things lives in that part of the galaxy! And trust me, freakier things show up at the end.
There is running, fighting, building friendships, naming things (Kitty you ;), getting to see the planet and saving the day. Saving the day in a big time at the end.
I took a peak at the next book too at the end, I had to after that....thing...was said ;) Looks to be interesting.
Fun times :)
cj13's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and War
jbrooxd's review against another edition
4.0
For the first 10 chapters I was wishing I had re-read the last two books before I started this one to refresh my memory. But after those early chapters, it didn't matter because the setting changed dramatically and so did the focus of the story. Kudos to Gini on the last two books for keeping the main story moving forward but shifting things in a huge way to keep the stories from falling into a formula. While I didn't love this one as much as I did Universal Alien (which I adored!), I did enjoy the different configurations of character groups that this story provided. I felt like this after Alien Diplomacy, too, but in time I grew to like that one and appreciate the changes that came with it. I think that will happen with this one, too. Sign me up for Alien in Chief! Can't wait to see what is next.
lpcoolgirl's review
5.0
Another fantastic book, loved spending the majority of the time off of Earth, with about 20 of the usual characters, and a ton of new ones! Loved this book, and I can't wait to read the next one!
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