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Horror and gore… and bore

Review from Project Nemesis →

The ratio of monster mayhem to plot, characters, and tempo is completely off. As much as I love other Robinson books, this one wasn’t great enough to sell me on the rest of the series. I quite liked the prequel, but found my mind desensitized by redshirt (or red-city?) death. Perhaps I need to stick..

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Alien meets the Blob

Review from Existential →

Would have been tolerable with Russians, terrorists, or human villains as the adversary, but the unstoppable, extra-terrestrial slime makes the story one that just doesn’t end quick enough… Wasted a credit for sure…it is rare that I quit a book but the endless cliches and slime would be more relevant for the French whisperer to..

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