Customer Reviews

Big Game (Predator)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Sandy Schofield is an excellent writer; when I read Aliens: Rogue, I was breathless throughout the whole story. However, Predator: Big Game was too short, and you never really got to know the characters except for Enoch Nakai. It was never explained why the Predator blew up his own ship, and as far as "The Hunt" goes that the Predators always embark on when they come to Earth, there wasn't anything significant about it in Big Game. All it was was "Bang, you're dead" over and over and over. It got boring. I didn't even want to finish the story for fear of being completely dissatisfied. All in all, I hope your next book can be as good as Aliens: Rogue, Sandy.

It's been a while (or six years) since I've read a Predator book. I remember liking them when I was a kid but now, after being exposed to writing far more sophisticated and intelligent, these kind of books are no more than pulp. But entertaining in a lowest common denominator way. The story of 'Big Game' is taken from the 1993 comic book of the same name. A native American soldier is hunted by the predator out in the desert. They fight in unexciting ways and the mystical babble preceding every chapter about Indian legends and spirits being invoked to fight the Predator fast become repetitive and boring. It's not terribly unique or engaging. There is no atmosphere or pathos. Characters are introduced, described and then killed. You can tell as soon as a new character turns up that they are going to die if they have less than a paragraph of description to them. The book feels very padded this way.

And the Pred himself is kinda boring. There's no connection to him or real sense of menace. In fact, tho the writer calls him a hunter (but never once a 'Predator'), he appears to be more of an indiscriminate murderer than an alien hunting for honor and sport. A rather weak story indeed. But perhaps I'm being over-critical. This is a book for 13 year olds or someone looking to pass the hours of a long journey. Do not read Predator: Big Game looking for sophistication or a thumping good slice of Predator lore. It's low-quality stuff. The constant spelling errors only prove this.

I enjoyed reading this Predator book it was fast paced, had a lot of action and I enjoyed the Indian legend tie in. I thought it might have been a little better if we could have known what the Predator was thinking from time to time. They can fly a space craft, build advanced weapons and act highly intelligent, so why blow up your only means of transportation when you can go in and take it back whenever you want? It was the "Why?" thing that bothered me the most otherwise I like the book.

I am a fan of the Predator movies and books. I read Concrete Jungle,Cold War and this mess called Big Game. Some things i like about it include the Predator scenes and the action. What I didn't like about it were: No Predator POV, and the Predator only used it's shoulder cannon. No disk...no spear...no wrist blades. I also didn't like the end. In the Predator novels and movies the Predators always cover their tracks in the end. And the goal I think is that Earth doesn't get it's hands on the technology. The ending makes it so it could be taken. That sort of ruins it. If you are looking for great Predator stories check out Concrete Jungle and Cold War.

This book has a really good moral to it!
I liked this book because it ties in with Indians, and that makes for a good plot in my opinion. It is about a Navajo Indian, who is in the army stationed in a desert base, and he confronts an alien life form whose sole purpose is to prove to humans that they are not the dominant species. There is a lot of action in this book as well as blood and gore, so someone who likes the Aliens/Predator series will love this book. But because of how many typos there are in the book, I will give it a 4.

Synopsis:
A predator lands in New Mexico and begins to hunt down the troops at a nearby army base. One soldier however, survives the predators attack. This person is Corpral Nakai: a man of Navajo descent and a beliver that the predator is some sort of mythological evil and must be destroyed. While Nakai and several other soldiers orginize, the predator goes into a nearby town to continue the hunt. After the army's first assult on the creature, it becomes dreadfully obvious that only the best man in the group has a chance against the creature. It is now up to Crpl. Nakai to hunt down and kill the predator before it does the same to him.

Review:
This book lacked the subtley that any predator novel should posess. For the majority of the novel, the predator simply stalked around the town slaughtering any character it came across. In other predator novels, the predators have a code wich dictates that they are not to harm un-armed innocents in their hunts. Apperently this predator didn't get the message, for it slaughtered several people that couldn't possibly cause harm to it. Overall, this predator novel played out more like a Friday the 13th spinoff rather than a decent addition to the franchise.

Grade: B-

Recommendations: Fans of the predator franchise or of slasher movies.

Cost: get a used copy they are fairly common.

I really liked the other Predator and AVP books but this one let me down. The detail and the writing was fine but I found the story lacking. It was so far removed from the other books and characters that it felt completely different and just not right.

Hello,

I like to read and monsters, aliens, vampires, etc. are my kind of thing. I love the idea of the Predators and enjoyed the movies and have read almost all of the books. This particular book is well written and is enjoyable to read, but I feel that the author does not really understand the Predator. I do not think that it would go around killing people at randum. They are a hunting race of beings not mindless killing machines. The Predators hunt and they are very good at it. I feel that the author lost this in the book. This is my opinion and my review was as honest as I could write it. Thanks.

didn't love the ending, but book was okay
the condition of the book was perfect.

I thought Predator Big Game was a wonderful book. The gore sceens were very well detailed and it had lots of action. The last five chapters or so were very exciting. I also enjoyed the legend portion of the book. I won't say anymore because i don't want to spoil the plot for anyone. But,definently buy this book.