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Alien: Covenant - The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster
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magnoliabloomfield's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Don’t get me wrong, I adore the Alien franchise. The thing is, the movies are a million times better than the novelizations. I know that sounds dramatic but I promise it’s true.
First of all, it’s dry as hell. Not a single emotion was stirred in me.
Too many inconsequential details given about the ships and equipment and how they work. We know we’re reading a book about freaking aliens, you don’t have to try so hard to sell us on how realistic all the equipment is especially when you’re in the middle of a tense action scene. Alien is scrambling about and two seconds away from killing everyone but oh do please tell me about how they purposefully put in manual controls since they’re easier to jury-rig, especially when that info isn’t a Chekov’s gun that comes in handy later.
While it failed in some areas to stay accurate to the movie, in ways that weren’t very important but still made it worse, it also failed to add anything new, failed to take us deeper into the world and the plot and show us more than the movie could in its meager screen time allotment.
I keep reading Alien novels in the hopes of learning more, getting some extra nugget of information or character introspection that satisfies my curiosity. I keep being disappointed.
First of all, it’s dry as hell. Not a single emotion was stirred in me.
Too many inconsequential details given about the ships and equipment and how they work. We know we’re reading a book about freaking aliens, you don’t have to try so hard to sell us on how realistic all the equipment is especially when you’re in the middle of a tense action scene. Alien is scrambling about and two seconds away from killing everyone but oh do please tell me about how they purposefully put in manual controls since they’re easier to jury-rig, especially when that info isn’t a Chekov’s gun that comes in handy later.
While it failed in some areas to stay accurate to the movie, in ways that weren’t very important but still made it worse, it also failed to add anything new, failed to take us deeper into the world and the plot and show us more than the movie could in its meager screen time allotment.
I keep reading Alien novels in the hopes of learning more, getting some extra nugget of information or character introspection that satisfies my curiosity. I keep being disappointed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Gun violence, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, and Death
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