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A review by katyanaish
Alien in Chief by Gini Koch
4.0
I liked it. As always, I laughed lots, cried a few times, and had fun on the ride.
But a lot of the characters I like seeing in action were mostly not present for the action. Very little of Jeff, Chuckie and Christopher (what was so great about the last book was seeing them plus Kitty right at the head of all the action again, just like in the early books). And not as much fun with Richard, which made me sad, because we didn't get him in the last book at all.
And there were some bits that I just didn't understand. Mostly:
Basically, while our team is generally sharp and on-point, I feel like they handled Cliff poorly. Further, I feel like Cliff went from being Ye Olde Supergenius to like ... the smug douche who is being obvious about infecting everyone and gloating. Like, he was that close to the win, and he just suddenly became dumb?
Oh, and I feel like this book underscored Kitty's badass DNA, that I have been theorizing about (and I think wrote about in the last review).
Lastly...
But a lot of the characters I like seeing in action were mostly not present for the action. Very little of Jeff, Chuckie and Christopher (what was so great about the last book was seeing them plus Kitty right at the head of all the action again, just like in the early books). And not as much fun with Richard, which made me sad, because we didn't get him in the last book at all.
And there were some bits that I just didn't understand. Mostly:
Spoiler
why didn't they just shoot Cliff in the head? I'm asking this seriously. Yes, yes, they want to know about his plans and where his factories are and etc... but at the end of the day, you just cannot afford to let this guy unspool his plans as he wants to. They were caught flat-footed in a shit position here, and it was ENTIRELY because they just let Cliff carry on for like 2 years after knowing his identity. And then when the disease started up - and Cliff wasn't even being subtle about it, since he was the only one who stayed in that Cabinet meeting that WASN'T infected and dead as the disease was confirmed - they just let him go on. And like, shake everyone's hand, continue to spread the disease, etc. Like, fucking kill that guy already! In this series, we've definitely had no problem killing other characters that could have given us info. Even in this book, they're all "oh no, don't kill Annette, she has info we need" but then they DO kill her, and good because fuck that psycho bitch.Basically, while our team is generally sharp and on-point, I feel like they handled Cliff poorly. Further, I feel like Cliff went from being Ye Olde Supergenius to like ... the smug douche who is being obvious about infecting everyone and gloating. Like, he was that close to the win, and he just suddenly became dumb?
Oh, and I feel like this book underscored Kitty's badass DNA, that I have been theorizing about (and I think wrote about in the last review).
Spoiler
When Amy got no powers, despite Christopher having the same Surcenthumain boost Jeff did, it pretty much confirms that there is actually something quite unique about Kitty.Lastly...