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A review by stevenmcintyre
Caliban Cove by S.D. Perry
2.0
Resident Evil, but not as we know it :(
SD Perry missed one of the major themes of Resident Evil, it's Survival Horror. Caliban Cove has the protagonists fighting the zombies as a team with seemingly a full arsenal at their disposal. Resident Evil should always be about, one or two people working together, under duress, with limited bullets and supplies. Caliban Cove didn't succeed in capturing these themes. Plus, Caliban Cove should have centered its story around Rebecca Chambers. But, by the middle of the book, Rebecca become nothing more than another side character. Disappointing.
The thought process behind giving the lower-caste zombies, guns and the ability to speak, didn't work for me. If a zombie is going to retain some kind of humanity and the ability to converse, they need to be important characters within the story, like. Also, SD Perry should have used a different puzzle to the one used in Die Hard With A Vengeance.
Overall, an OKish Resident Evil story that should have been more about Rebecca Chambers and more about Survival Horror.
SD Perry missed one of the major themes of Resident Evil, it's Survival Horror. Caliban Cove has the protagonists fighting the zombies as a team with seemingly a full arsenal at their disposal. Resident Evil should always be about, one or two people working together, under duress, with limited bullets and supplies. Caliban Cove didn't succeed in capturing these themes. Plus, Caliban Cove should have centered its story around Rebecca Chambers. But, by the middle of the book, Rebecca become nothing more than another side character. Disappointing.
The thought process behind giving the lower-caste zombies, guns and the ability to speak, didn't work for me. If a zombie is going to retain some kind of humanity and the ability to converse, they need to be important characters within the story, like
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William BirkinOverall, an OKish Resident Evil story that should have been more about Rebecca Chambers and more about Survival Horror.