Unabridged Audiobook
This was a great listen. The narrator is a little flat, but the story carried the experience, and I wanted too badly to know what happened next even to bother being bothered by the narration. I look for Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy by authors I've never heard of specifically to find little gems like this one. It's got a good formula and balance between action and peaceful life, and nothing happened in the book that didn't feel forced in, it all felt like it belonged in the world created.
I really enjoyed this one. There's good character development, and, for the most part, the story moves well. The author continues developing the theme of human - android interactions with an interesting twist. Alien: Uncivil War is a worthy addition to the Alien franchise. I agree with an earlier reviewer that the narration is a little flat, but the narrator is at his best when using different voices for each character -- truly a remarkable job. I rate both the author and narrator 4.5, which I'm rounding up to 5 stars here.
Great listen.
Great addition to the Alien universe and well narrated in equal volume throughout the book.
this was surprisingly not bad, ultimately I enjoyed it.
I guarantee you have heard this s science fiction before. Easy to follow and the narrator did a good job!
The writing is wretched, about as subtle as the stupid title (UN-civil? Get it?) ... couldn't make it 20 minutes into this audiobook. Seriously, here're a couple examples of the prose in the first few pages: "The man's arms were outstretched as if in religious ecstasy, but there was nothing religious or ecstatic about the look on his face." "At first, it looked like some kind of black weapon had impaled him, but the end of it was swaying gently, like a tree branch in the wind ... Or a tail." And could we PLEASE do an Alien book without turning it into Ripley fanfic? Lord. I'm all for a good Alien(s) tie-in story - I loved 'Phalanx' and 'Cold Forge' -- but it was obvious early on this isn't one of those. Time's better spent reading something skillful and new.
Great story and narrrator was good too
The main character is absolutely extraordinary. The story I felt got a little boring, towards the end as they were focusing on many other characters. But overall it was very enjoyable
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