Victoria (YSB) - reviewed on 4/1/2010 + 636 more book reviews

Well, this book was a bit of a disappointment. Though it did have some cinematic qualities, and some relatively sympathetic characters, the creature itself defied all credibility. The havoc that ensued was just utterly unbelievable... and so was the history of the creature (***SPOILER: I mean if the whole biology of this creature was just to kill, kill, kill.... and its painting showed that it was not capable of social or cultural activities, why in the world were there paintings at all? And the whole destruction of their race....Ridiculous!***END OF SPOILER). Needless, to say, the plot had some holes. Also, the book itself was drawn out, making the repeated scuffles redundant. You can only hear about fangs and the like so many times. It probably could have stood to be edited down from 565 pages to about 365. But, all that being said, I can see how this would appeal to some because there is a lot of painstaking detail about artillery and the like. From the description, this sounded more like a Bigfoot book, but be warned it is more of a government/military thriller.

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