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A review by twicomb
Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White
4.0
Kick-ass female main character who pilots a male android body in order to do her research as a lead scientist studying the aliens on a remote space station. She suffers from a progressive disease that has made her bed-ridden. I really enjoyed reading about a main character with a disability, written in a multi-layered and realistic way that neither turned her into merely her disability, nor ignored the complexities that arise from such a circumstance. In other words, she’s a real character with conflicting drives and challenges, just like any well-written main character.
The villain is excellent too. Can’t remember the last time I loathed a villain this much in any book or movie, which is a high compliment to the author. He made me think a little of Gary Oldman’s character in the film Leon (The Professional).
Well-plotted with lots of twists and turns. I did keep waiting for one character to come back after we thought they had died, but they didn’t, which was a shame because they were another good strong character.
Plenty of great Aliens-universe Easter eggs and references. Without spoilers, I’ll say that I enjoyed this even more than I expected to, and I really really love the Aliens universe, so I’m hard to please here.
The villain is excellent too. Can’t remember the last time I loathed a villain this much in any book or movie, which is a high compliment to the author. He made me think a little of Gary Oldman’s character in the film Leon (The Professional).
Well-plotted with lots of twists and turns. I did keep waiting for one character to come back after we thought they had died, but they didn’t, which was a shame because they were another good strong character.
Plenty of great Aliens-universe Easter eggs and references. Without spoilers, I’ll say that I enjoyed this even more than I expected to, and I really really love the Aliens universe, so I’m hard to please here.