dankolar's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
ashestoasher77's review against another edition
3.0
This was a very good book. I absolutely loathed the ending. It felt like the ending was thrown together. The dropholes are shut off after there are a dozen explosions reported/seen where the Rage ships were in the Sol System, the troops accompanying Marshall claiming that there are no transmissions of any kind, and rather than wait for confirmation, he terminates the connections. It felt very unlike Marshall, given how calculating he was during the series and his extreme reluctance to even consider shutting the dropholes off. We also do not know the fate of Weaver's World, let alone any of the numerous other worlds under attack by the Rage's weaponized xenomorphs, only that they now have no commanders and can act independently.
Most of the human sphere will die because there is now no way to quickly send supplies that are needed, and the characters who survive are given vague endings with promise of seeing things outside the human sphere. It did not feel like a true ending, but rather a very poorly written cliffhanger.
Most of the human sphere will die because there is now no way to quickly send supplies that are needed, and the characters who survive are given vague endings with promise of seeing things outside the human sphere. It did not feel like a true ending, but rather a very poorly written cliffhanger.
mikeflame's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
fantasticmrethan's review against another edition
2.0
It’s a bit slow to get going but once the major players get together it finally picks up. Still bleak and repetitive but it does get slightly better. My favourite characters of the previous two still shone through in this one.
ghostmuppet's review against another edition
3.0
The final book in the series was a good solid, if a little predictable, story. As a collection i think it worked fairly well, without upsetting too much in peoples eyes of the Aliens and Predators. Its still very much a human focused story (how the humans will survive the war, humans being the rage etc).
Wont win any awards, but a solid popcorn type book.
Wont win any awards, but a solid popcorn type book.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review against another edition
3.0
After two pretty solid books on the developing Rage War, this final entry was a little bit of a letdown. Despite the losses in the previous books, this did suffer a bit from having too many characters, many of which were just hanging around not doing very much. The Xenomorph attacks were just there to be violent, with the motivation behind the attacks as whimsical as ‘just because’. Again the team ups between human and predator made for some awesome scenes, but I can’t help feeling this trilogy would have been better as a duology. The ending was a bold move, and has certainly left things open for some potentially really interesting stories.
jd83's review against another edition
3.0
The first two books in the rage war series were really good and the overall story and characters were very well done...but the writer spent so much time recapping via internal dialogue throughout the book that it frequently broke immersion and I found myself skimming disappointingly often. Although contrived constant reminders about story plot and character relationships almost ruined the story, it was a good ending for the series and I did enjoy the story.
norsepolymath's review against another edition
3.0
The first two books in the rage war series were really good and the overall story and characters were very well done...but the writer spent so much time recapping via internal dialogue throughout the book that it frequently broke immersion and I found myself skimming disappointingly often. Although contrived constant reminders about story plot and character relationships almost ruined the story, it was a good ending for the series and I did enjoy the story.
alexxxxxxxxxx's review against another edition
4.0
Very satisfying ending to the series, with a good heaping helping of action and gore any fan of either Alien or Predator should scoop these up and give them a read. They're not too demanding and also seem to be setting up intrigue for more potential books for the series. Please write a fourth so I can see the predator homeworld
ghostmuppet's review against another edition
3.0
The final book in the series was a good solid, if a little predictable, story. As a collection i think it worked fairly well, without upsetting too much in peoples eyes of the Aliens and Predators. Its still very much a human focused story (how the humans will survive the war, humans being the rage etc).
Wont win any awards, but a solid popcorn type book.
Wont win any awards, but a solid popcorn type book.