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The Other by Marilyn Peake

yaru's review

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1.0

Voy a reconocerle el mérito al libro porque nunca había leído nada con tan poco sentido, coherencia, trama, o cualquier cosa en general que haga que merezca la pena dedicarle un rato a esto. Hacerlo todo tan MAL tiene su mérito.

immense_storm's review

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1.0

Ugh. This book was disappointing. First off, the cover. Why are there alien ships hovering above a city? That didn't happen in the book. Yes there were "aliens" and yes there were "ships" but the description was nothing like the cover.

The premise of the story was interesting. But the story itself could have been better.

joe90's review

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1.0

Spoilers.

This really is not a good book at all. As a book posing as *science fiction* it’s a god-awful abomination.

It’s as though the author had read around the edges of one or two of the worst sci-fi books from the 1950s, watched a couple of old sci-fi B-movies, and has heard people talk about Roswell and UFOs in the most general terms. The usual cliches are presented in abundance:

Aliens communicate telepathically;
Twins have a telepathic connection;
Aliens have large heads, huge black eyes and green or grey skin;
Everything seems to centre on Roswell;
Aliens are actually time travellers from 1000 years in the future, and in fact our human descendants.

It’s awful. These time-travelling humans all seem to have English names.

Other examples of terrible naivety and awful writing include a character shocked and unnerved that the eyes in a portrait appear to follow her around the room (of course they do, it’s a two-dimensional image); a character’s search for her birth mother which suggests the author has no idea how this works; and a half-page of text detailing a woman taking a pee in a dirty toilet.

Even though I picked this book up for free from BookBub, I feel cheated. Not recommended.

sagauthor's review

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5.0

Unusual alien visitation story. I enjoyed the twist of the "aliens'" identity. Includes visits to Roswell and cult compounds. This story will be fun for science fiction fans.

kathijo63's review

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medium-paced

0.5

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