Reviews

Alien: Invasion by Tim Lebbon

poerlescene's review

fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Enjoyable 2nd part

john87's review

3.0

I guess it took me a book to get fully on board but now I'm all strapped in and ready for the conclusion of this entertaining AVP trilogy. It's by the numbers sci-fi to be sure but offers up plenty of exciting and tense moments that keep up the pace and save it from becoming a bore. Once again the source material carries it so your mileage may vary depending on how much you enjoy these franchises in the first place.

I like that it doesn't reference any of the "legacy characters" (so far) which is a welcome change from this era of Alien novels.

amy_da1sy's review against another edition

4.0

Honestly pretty impressed with how good this book is, I wasn’t expecting much as the first one was really good.

dankolar's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

3.5

markmtz's review against another edition

4.0

Xenomorphs gone wild! This one is slick with acid blood, oily white blood, flourescent green blood, and red blood. One more book in the trilogy.

mikeflame's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

fantasticmrethan's review

3.0

Scarier, more gruesome more horrifying and more expansive then the last but the characters and dialog are still coated with cheese and the constant will they/won’t they die moments get tiresome.

wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition

5.0

This was an exciting and gripping tale on an epic scale. Thankfully many of the questions arising from book 1 are answered in this one, particularly pertaining to who is leaning the invasion. There’s some brilliant character development with only one exception. I can’t give away more without revealing spoilers, so I won’t.
I enjoyed this one very much and it has certainly built upon the first book. I can’t wait for the final book of the trilogy.

nooker's review

3.0

I wish I could like this more, it was just really difficult to follow. I am glad that they had a review of the last book as that was hard to follow too.

alexxxxxxxxxx's review against another edition

4.0

Although this was definitely the second book in a trilogy, I'm very interested in what it set up. I'm ready for the big climactic end to the series. My only complaint would be to give the Predators more personalization, but again I imagine that's what the last book is about