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A review by molochthagod
Aliens: Newt's Tale by J. Somerville, Mike Richardson, Brian Garvey
2.0
I expected this to be a prequel, but for some reason about 75% of this is an adaptation of the movie. Which is fine, and it's competently made, but, as is usually the case, it just comes off inferior, failing to utilize the comic book form to convey the same emotions, because it sticks so closely to repeating what worked in the film.
However, the main reason I rated it so low is because this book has unnecessary child cruelty in a couple of scenes. In one of which, god knows why, they decided to depict a child getting murdered in a gruesome manner by a xenomorph. Look, we all know that Newt must've witnessed endless horrors while trying to survive out there, but this is just excessive and tasteless. We know the colony didn't survive, we know a lot of families got murdered, but do you have to revel in violence like that? This seems to serve no story purpose either, coming off as being there only for shock value. As a writer myself, I just don't respect this.
However, the main reason I rated it so low is because this book has unnecessary child cruelty in a couple of scenes. In one of which, god knows why, they decided to depict a child getting murdered in a gruesome manner by a xenomorph. Look, we all know that Newt must've witnessed endless horrors while trying to survive out there, but this is just excessive and tasteless. We know the colony didn't survive, we know a lot of families got murdered, but do you have to revel in violence like that? This seems to serve no story purpose either, coming off as being there only for shock value. As a writer myself, I just don't respect this.