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thenerdybookwitch's review
4.0
This was very good! I love all the ideas that were played with and the protagonist is top tier. My one complaint is how the Trans character is the only character whose not expanded upon and it felt like they were just there for diversity points. If they had given them as much care as the other characters I would’ve loved it.
arna7's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
johnlynchbooks's review against another edition
4.0
While I'm not the kind of guy who typically reads media tie-ins, as soon as I saw that this was written by Tim Waggoner I became intrigued. I'm a huge fan of the Alien movies, and seeing Waggoner as the scribe left me with hope that this would be a true to form sci-fi/horror blend.
Those of you who may have similar reservations about this book need not fear, I had a blast reading it, and Waggoner managed to bring something completely new to the table. Alien: Prototype follows Zula Hendricks, Colonial Marine turned security trainer and Tamar Prather, corporate spy for Venture, a Weyland-Yutani competitor. When an ovomorph is brought to a Venture colony, the resident scientist decides they must study it with a human test subject, and it all goes downhill from there.
I enjoyed following Hendricks, she was a strong female lead who's out for one thing, hunting Xenomorphs. Tamar Prather is all about working for herself and whoever will pay her the most. The other characters in this book were written decent enough and Waggoner shows that he knows his Alien stuff. Everything felt like it fit perfectly in the universe. Due to certain circumstances within the book, the Xenomorph here is deadlier than ever before. All I can say without spoiling anything is that it's called a Necromorph, and for good reason. Waggoner does an excellent job switching back and forth between perspectives here, and keeping the story interesting until we can get what we all want, Xenomorph action; There's plenty of that on display here and fans of the series won't be disappointed.
All in all, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The Necromorph is just as deadly as advertised and brings something new and interesting to a very familiar world. There's enough blood and gore here to satisfy anyone who's into that, even if you aren't necessarily a fan of the franchise.
Those of you who may have similar reservations about this book need not fear, I had a blast reading it, and Waggoner managed to bring something completely new to the table. Alien: Prototype follows Zula Hendricks, Colonial Marine turned security trainer and Tamar Prather, corporate spy for Venture, a Weyland-Yutani competitor. When an ovomorph is brought to a Venture colony, the resident scientist decides they must study it with a human test subject, and it all goes downhill from there.
I enjoyed following Hendricks, she was a strong female lead who's out for one thing, hunting Xenomorphs. Tamar Prather is all about working for herself and whoever will pay her the most. The other characters in this book were written decent enough and Waggoner shows that he knows his Alien stuff. Everything felt like it fit perfectly in the universe. Due to certain circumstances within the book, the Xenomorph here is deadlier than ever before. All I can say without spoiling anything is that it's called a Necromorph, and for good reason. Waggoner does an excellent job switching back and forth between perspectives here, and keeping the story interesting until we can get what we all want, Xenomorph action; There's plenty of that on display here and fans of the series won't be disappointed.
All in all, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The Necromorph is just as deadly as advertised and brings something new and interesting to a very familiar world. There's enough blood and gore here to satisfy anyone who's into that, even if you aren't necessarily a fan of the franchise.
iceman21's review against another edition
5.0
This Alien fan loved it. Enjoyed the characters, story, and action. Great writing by Tim, will definitely be interested in more of his books now.
virago's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Solid 4 stars. Yet another adventure where the company thinks they can study/control a xenomorph and fail epically.
This one was made better by the fact that the genius scientist managed to accidentally make the xenomorph more dangerous by giving it a deadly disease, which its DNA eats up, mutates, and makes it even worse.
I enjoyed the story and the characters and feel like just about everyone evil got what was coming to them. I cannot wait to see the next set of shenanigans by the idiots at Wayland-Yutani.
This one was made better by the fact that the genius scientist managed to accidentally make the xenomorph more dangerous by giving it a deadly disease, which its DNA eats up, mutates, and makes it even worse.
I enjoyed the story and the characters and feel like just about everyone evil got what was coming to them. I cannot wait to see the next set of shenanigans by the idiots at Wayland-Yutani.
royallyreading'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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
faysal's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
It could be because I just finished Alien: Isolation by Keith R. A. DeCandido. Whose writing was very astonishing, but I found Tim Waggoner’s writing style to be so primitive in comparison. Which is weird cause his writing in Alien: Out of the Shadows was far better than this.
Overall, the characterization of Zula was well done. It built off her twelve issue comic series well enough and didn’t downplay any of the stuff she went through during her previous crusade. The gore in this book was GOREY all right. Had my jaw drop several times from how Waggoner did not hold back with the details.
Now where’s my bff Amanda Ripley.
Overall, the characterization of Zula was well done. It built off her twelve issue comic series well enough and didn’t downplay any of the stuff she went through during her previous crusade. The gore in this book was GOREY all right. Had my jaw drop several times from how Waggoner did not hold back with the details.
Now where’s my bff Amanda Ripley.
yadirablue214's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-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? No
4.25
I really enjoyed the book, we were introduced to characters throughout the book that is woven into the adventure. The introduction was really intriguing and tense straight from the start, where we were not introduced to the main character interestingly however as we progress through the book, the different perspectives are quite useful to fully immerse ourselves in the story. The sense of diversity was vast with people of different ethnicities within the foreign planet. I found it intriguing to sometimes have the perspective of the Necromorph itself presenting its "thoughts" and "feelings" as it drove itself to kill. Whenever there were deaths, they were described gruesomely but also in a way that made it feel real. I do, however, believe that whenever a character DID die the way the author writes their final moments became repetitive with the last lines ending with "and then there was darkness" which as you read the same line again makes the death feel a little insignificant which brought you ought of the tension. There were also times when the story became predictable with lines such as "they would be gone before then unless something bad was to happen". It would have been better if some lines had been taken out to keep the tension concise.
The ending was well done and left me excited for what might come next...
The ending was well done and left me excited for what might come next...
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail