A review by parenthesis_enjoyer
Aliens: Infiltrator by Weston Ochse

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

1.0

quite possibly the worst experience I ever had reading an Alien(s) tie-in novel. And I've read like 6 of them by now. It's got everything: military worship, a complete mismatch with how the xenomorph hive functions in basically every other Alien(s) Thing ever,
Spoiler the dense white genius protagonist is the lone survivor at the end while the two named black characters die
, sexism, generally juvenile writing, every character is kind of a caricature, and the
Spoiler MC's ex girlfriend spawning a xeno is treated as some kind of karmic justice?
Also
Spoilerthe girlfriend is a serial killer
for no discernible reason to justify the misogyny? just. ugh.
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