A review by villyidol
Ice Station Death by Gustavo Bondoni
2.0
When contact to a research base in Antarctica is lost, the crew of an icebreaker is sent to investigate. What they find are some prehistoric creatures that start attacking the ship.
For a considerable amount of time, though, the struggle is between the multicultural crew of the ship, because some of them are following their own agenda. And there's also another force involved, with which a confrontation is looming.
The creatures themselves are a little disappointing. Most of them are simply shot by someone at some point, and I couldn't shake the feeling that the author was trying to make this appear more challenging than it ultimately was. There's one very big one that makes it a little harder for our heroes, and of course a lot of people are dying in the process, but ultimately the fight against the beasts turned out to be a little disappointing.
I also think that the author should have made more of the generally very interesting setting. But for me it wasn't much more than the backdrop for the ultimately not very interesting action.
My reading-buddy Cathy pointed out that the book is a bit slow for a creature feature. And that's true as well.
It's really hard for me to find some redeeming qualities in this one. The most interesting thing were probably the circumstances in which I read this (on a flight that couldn't go to its planned destination and during my first days in a country that barely has any internet connection, which made a GR buddy-read pretty difficult, and that also doesn't exactly have cold weather at any point of the year).
Well, whatever the reasons, I just bounced off of this one. And hard.
For a considerable amount of time, though, the struggle is between the multicultural crew of the ship, because some of them are following their own agenda. And there's also another force involved, with which a confrontation is looming.
The creatures themselves are a little disappointing. Most of them are simply shot by someone at some point, and I couldn't shake the feeling that the author was trying to make this appear more challenging than it ultimately was. There's one very big one that makes it a little harder for our heroes, and of course a lot of people are dying in the process, but ultimately the fight against the beasts turned out to be a little disappointing.
I also think that the author should have made more of the generally very interesting setting. But for me it wasn't much more than the backdrop for the ultimately not very interesting action.
My reading-buddy Cathy pointed out that the book is a bit slow for a creature feature. And that's true as well.
It's really hard for me to find some redeeming qualities in this one. The most interesting thing were probably the circumstances in which I read this (on a flight that couldn't go to its planned destination and during my first days in a country that barely has any internet connection, which made a GR buddy-read pretty difficult, and that also doesn't exactly have cold weather at any point of the year).
Well, whatever the reasons, I just bounced off of this one. And hard.