Customer Reviews

Godzilla at World's End

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This sequel picks up after Godzilla 2000 ends (appropiately enough). There are plenty of in-joke references to Emmerich and Devlin's Independence Day and their own Godzilla film's add compaign. There are also references to other classic SF flicks, notably John Carpenter's superlative version of The Thing, and H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulthu Mythos stories. Sadly the humans eclipse some of the monster action, so this feels kind of slow mving. Kaiju classic creatures Megalon and Hedorah (aka The Smog Monster) feel tacked on rather than integral parts of the main plot. But the ending is nothing short of incredible and leaves the reader wanting more. If only the monsters had been better handled, this would have garnered five stars. Recommended.

I loved it. It included some great monsters like Gigan, Megalon, Hedorah, and Biollante. I do like seeing Megalon and Gigan in serious roles because the old films made them to be mindless space monsters. I recommend it to any and all.

I hope Marc Cerasini is very proud of his book.I think that the best part is when the Destiny Explorer is attacked by Battra.I am looking forward to reading his next book,Godzilla and the Lost Continent.I am wondering what the new, monsterous threat could be?Maybe Space-Godzilla or the Destoyer.Anyway, he writes the best godzilla books I've ever read.He even inspired me to write my own books.

This was the first G-Series book I read. I now know I should have read Godzie Boy 2000, but, life happens. Anyway, I thought this book was great. I don't know how many times I've read it over. I really thought the Girl and Sean, the army boy, were gonna go together, but, I've been wrong before. If you don't know much about Godzilla, than you can still read this book and enjoy it. It is a nice prelude to the other G-Series books. I give this a 5 star rating. Marc Cersiani, keep up the good work.

If you're a godzilla fan you'll love this book! Otherwise it will be not bad and not good.

This book is simply amazing. Even though many people thought Godzilla 2000 was better, I think this is the best of the Godzilla series. Since my dad is from Peru, I loved it when Cerasini had Peru in the book and Megalon destroying Lima (I would have preferred Gigan instead). I also loved the battle sequences, such as when Anguirus fights Gigan and Godzilla fights Manda. I also liked the action parts when Godzilla fights Biollante in the Ancient Ones crystal city. The ending could have been a little better but over all this book was simply amazing. I also loved it that Cerasini shows that the U.S. is still struggling from the monsters attacks in Godzilla 2000. I belive that they should have made these Godzilla book's into movies instead of the TriStar Godzilla movie. They would have brought in more money than that each!

The third entry in Marc Cerasini's Godzilla series, following "Godzilla Returns" and "Godzilla 2000", continues the tradition of excellence set down by the previous entries. With its forgotten race of ancient beings, the book strongly echoes the work of H.P. Lovecraft(particularly "At the Mountains of Madness"). Cerasini does a good job of evoking the feeling of impending dread and doom that is such an integral part of Lovecraft's fiction. The story is more of a cohesive whole this time out. However, I think that the novel would have been better if there had been less monsters in it. Once again, the characters are three-dimensional and very likable. The story moves along at a nice pace and instantly involves the reader. As good as everything else is in this story, the monsters are the real stars. It's nice to see Gigan and Megalon treated seriously. The monster scenes are thrilling and possess a cinematic quality. The best scenes are Godzilla's fight with Hedorah and Gigan's firey assault on Russia. This book is a worthy addition to Cerasini's Godzilla series. Neither the casual sci-fi reader nor the hard-core G-fan will be disappointed by it!!

After Godzilla Returns and Godzilla 2000, I couldn't wait to read Marc Cerasini's next Godzilla novel. Sadly, Godzilla at World's End is a disappointment. It starts off okay, introducing a group of distinctive young potential heroes, and a world still dealing with the aftermath of the monsters' rampage and King Ghidorah's attack from the previous book. Of course, the monsters (well, different ones this time) start attacking again, and this time there seems to be some motive behind their actions. Unfortunately, by the time we get to the end of the book, that motivation is still a mystery. We know who was behind everything, but if Cerasini explained why, I missed it. While the monsters seemed formidable when they initially attacked, they were dealt with far too quickly and easily to sustain suspense. It almost felt like Cerasini was indulging a fan's desire to put as many monsters in the story as possible, but forgot that he needed a story to sustain them. While the human characters were initially engaging, nothing was done to develop them. Relationships were set up that never went anywhere beyond an initial mention. Other relationships sprung up out of nowhere. And I'm still not sure what happened at the end of the book. Worst of all, Godzilla hardly made more than a cameo appearance! Maybe it's just the curse of Megalon, who appears in this book and starred in what is arguably the worst Godzilla movie of all. Although I did like the idea of a flock of Rodans flying around the US...

This book was a real letdown, especially compared with the earlier books in the series. Hopefully, the next one will be a little more focused and will get things back on track.

Whoa! What a story! Godzilla now faces his biggest challenge and goes from chapter to chapter fighting off the likes of Manda, Megalon, and others. I liked how Godzilla was more of a main character, and his battles were cool. I also liked how Angilas whipped Gigan! However, Gigan didn't put up much of a fight! The book was absolutely first rate with many cool scenes, especially the final battle between Godzilla and Biollante! If you were dissapointed by GODZILLA 2000, don't overlook this one, it,stoo good to be true!

When I first started reading this book I could'nt stop , But before I could finish my dog tore it to shreds , so for over a year I've been reading online summaries of the book to make this review.