mpetruce's review against another edition
4.0
What a fun, over-the-top, ridiculous, genre-encompassing blast this series was. You like guns? Check. You like aliens? Check. You like monsters? Check. You like alien monsters? Double check. There's info dumps, science competency porn (one of my favorite tropes is you have, say, a botanist but the story needs someone to know about astrophysics, so the botanist says something to the effect of, "Well, this is not my field but..." and then gives a doctoral level explanation). I love it! Also, McBride is not afraid to kill off a character that you were sure would survive the whole series. If you're a fan of Preston/Child, James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, give these a go.
The narration sounds serious, but doesn't take itself too seriously. I listened to these while running, ad it made me look forward to my run even more, and was very motivating to get out, even in the cold weather, so I could listen more.
The narration sounds serious, but doesn't take itself too seriously. I listened to these while running, ad it made me look forward to my run even more, and was very motivating to get out, even in the cold weather, so I could listen more.
waheela's review against another edition
3.0
Was dissapointed with the conclusions to this trilogy. Not so much the story itself but rather the execution.
It felt too spread out and lacked the tight story line the other two books had. Sometimes it even felt a repeat of itself bith with action and plot.
I got bored in what should have been a thrilling conlusion. It definitely lacked the suspense and sense of urgency that I would have expected. It didn't help that some of the characters really went a bit cliché and boring.
If this had been a stand alone book I would have given it 2 stars but i did get attached to the story due to the previous two books.
It felt too spread out and lacked the tight story line the other two books had. Sometimes it even felt a repeat of itself bith with action and plot.
I got bored in what should have been a thrilling conlusion. It definitely lacked the suspense and sense of urgency that I would have expected. It didn't help that some of the characters really went a bit cliché and boring.
If this had been a stand alone book I would have given it 2 stars but i did get attached to the story due to the previous two books.
bookanonjeff's review against another edition
5.0
Not The Direction I Was Expecting, Excellent Conclusion (Or Was It) Regardless. First off, as I said on the review for Forsaken (Book 2 in this series where this book is Book 3), IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE EARLIER BOOKS HERE (Subhuman, Forsaken), READ THEM FIRST. You're not going to really know what is happening here without having read them, and McBride spends pretty well zero time catching the reader up on previous events.
That out of the way, this particular entrant into the series works well as a blatant effort by a writer who was given a three book contract and is hoping to be picked up to continue the series... but doesn't know as he is writing whether that will happen. So while the conclusion of FORSAKEN almost sets up a potential dozen ish book series, MUTATION goes the more balls-to-the-wall, Matthew Reilly's Jack West Jr series combined with Jeremy Robinson's CHESSPOCALYPSE event series approach to wrapping everything up in one fell swoop... then using the epilogue to "move the chess piece" (as in the last second of X-Men: The Last Stand) to allow for future stories within this universe.
Overall an excellent book and series, one I hope McBride can come back to once his current contract for these books expires and he gets the rights to them himself. Very much recommended.
That out of the way, this particular entrant into the series works well as a blatant effort by a writer who was given a three book contract and is hoping to be picked up to continue the series... but doesn't know as he is writing whether that will happen. So while the conclusion of FORSAKEN almost sets up a potential dozen ish book series, MUTATION goes the more balls-to-the-wall, Matthew Reilly's Jack West Jr series combined with Jeremy Robinson's CHESSPOCALYPSE event series approach to wrapping everything up in one fell swoop... then using the epilogue to "move the chess piece" (as in the last second of X-Men: The Last Stand) to allow for future stories within this universe.
Overall an excellent book and series, one I hope McBride can come back to once his current contract for these books expires and he gets the rights to them himself. Very much recommended.
tpaulschulte's review against another edition
5.0
Thank you to Net Galley for an adavnce reader ebook of this book.
This was the third book in the Unit 51 series following, Suhuman and Forsaken. Is it the last Unit 51 novel? I guess we have to wait and see. For one, I am really hoping it isn't these books were fun. A little fantastic at times but entertaining as all get out and isn't that why we read. To get away from the real world? To many authors today keep interjecting theirn politics, etc, into their works, therefore putting a damper on my enthusuasm to read more of their work.
McBride is pure entertainment. If you like books that just move and have science, archeology, ancient mysteries and some pretty scary creatures. This is the book for you.
A word to the wise though, you really need to start at the beginning with Subhuman. McBride shows a deft hand at moving all the parts and locales while building and growing his characters. What is at stake in Mutation? Nothing less than the end of the world as we know it. From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the rainforrests of Mexico and the ruins of La Venta to an abandoned air force base that is much more than it seems. Monsters, pandemics, and ancient mysteries galore are in these books.
You will love them.
This was the third book in the Unit 51 series following, Suhuman and Forsaken. Is it the last Unit 51 novel? I guess we have to wait and see. For one, I am really hoping it isn't these books were fun. A little fantastic at times but entertaining as all get out and isn't that why we read. To get away from the real world? To many authors today keep interjecting theirn politics, etc, into their works, therefore putting a damper on my enthusuasm to read more of their work.
McBride is pure entertainment. If you like books that just move and have science, archeology, ancient mysteries and some pretty scary creatures. This is the book for you.
A word to the wise though, you really need to start at the beginning with Subhuman. McBride shows a deft hand at moving all the parts and locales while building and growing his characters. What is at stake in Mutation? Nothing less than the end of the world as we know it. From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the rainforrests of Mexico and the ruins of La Venta to an abandoned air force base that is much more than it seems. Monsters, pandemics, and ancient mysteries galore are in these books.
You will love them.
billies_not_so_secret_diary's review
4.0
I received a free ARC copy of the book #Mutation by Michael McBride from #NetGalley and #Kensington Books/Pinnacle in exchange for an honest review. This book is set to be released September 29, 2020.
Mutation by Michael McBride is more in the action/adventure/paramilitary genre than the horror/mystery&thriller they have it listed under. It is the third book, and possibly final, in the Unit 51 series which continues the main story line about the ancient creature found in Antarctica in the first book Subhuman. If you like James Rollins's Sigma Force series, then you will enjoy the Unit 51 series by Michael McBride.
So not to spoil this adventure I won't give out too many details, but I will say that the story once again follows the same characters, each chapter from the view point of one character, as they try to stop the end of the world.
Not scary, but there was blood and such, death of course, and some deaths I was not suspecting, and those were pretty good shocks. It's a good story, flows pretty well, but there is a lot of military and scientific jargon, that in some parts made it kind of boring to read because it was a long string of words, and while some was need for explanation, others could've been shortened.
I did enjoy this story, but not as much as the second in the series, Forsaken, but I would still recommend this book and the series to those over 16.
I give this book a low 4 star rating.
Mutation by Michael McBride is more in the action/adventure/paramilitary genre than the horror/mystery&thriller they have it listed under. It is the third book, and possibly final, in the Unit 51 series which continues the main story line about the ancient creature found in Antarctica in the first book Subhuman. If you like James Rollins's Sigma Force series, then you will enjoy the Unit 51 series by Michael McBride.
So not to spoil this adventure I won't give out too many details, but I will say that the story once again follows the same characters, each chapter from the view point of one character, as they try to stop the end of the world.
Not scary, but there was blood and such, death of course, and some deaths I was not suspecting, and those were pretty good shocks. It's a good story, flows pretty well, but there is a lot of military and scientific jargon, that in some parts made it kind of boring to read because it was a long string of words, and while some was need for explanation, others could've been shortened.
I did enjoy this story, but not as much as the second in the series, Forsaken, but I would still recommend this book and the series to those over 16.
I give this book a low 4 star rating.
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