Reviews

Earthcore by Scott Sigler

ian_swallow's review against another edition

5.0

Back in late 2006 I found podcasts & along with them podiobooks. Earthcore was one of the first, if not the first podiobook I listened to. Then when I found out that it was getting updated and a fuller wider release (plus being reintegrated into the Siglerverse) I had to listen to it once again. Ray Porter does such a brilliant job of capturing Scott's voice that I can't help but think that he must've listened to the FDO'S original recording. Then there's that scene transition sting, wow I've missed that. What about the plot, well it's just as thrilling as I remember, no spoilers here. Just one of the best sci-fi horror books I've read (and a lot of the others are from the Siglerverse too).

Oh & I think this is the story (of what he's written so far) is the best suited to a film adaptation, one that I'd love to see.

michaellouisdixon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jstatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was wayyyy better than I was expecting it to be! 

I would say it's medium to fast paced with a few places where it dragged, but overall it was a really, really good thriller. Kept me interested and tense for basically the entire book. The characters were well written and easy to get invested in. 

Highly recommend reading this if you're looking for a good sci-fi thriller. 

8/10, will definitely read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

lyrinad's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

bose's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.5

pbanditp's review against another edition

5.0

Scott rewrote this in order to tie it into his universe in which all of his books coincide. It is hard to review a book where you already know the characters and the outcome, but as each scene unfolds you find yourself looking around and smiling knowing that this isn't a Hollywood remake of your favorite movie where the new director is going to screw everything up. Necessarily done in order to start the sequel where I imagine there is going to be a long list of the dead.

pbanditp's review

5.0

I am sure I am biased toward any of Scott Sigler’s books, but I just love his characters. Except for the ones I hate, and there are a few of those. Most of the characters are just real. They do what I think I would do, they feel how I would feel. They are put in surreal circumstances and do their best to survive, and a lot of them don’t. Everybody is fair game in a Scott Sigler novel, so try not to get too attached.

skylar_river's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

ronald_schoedel's review against another edition

4.0

I'm not usually a fan of sci-horror, but this was a pretty good story.

adamherring's review against another edition

4.0

Awesome book, very lovecraftian. Reminded me a lot of "At the Mountains of Madness."