I am getting impressed with the alien novels everyday I read or listen to them. I had bought the audiobook and at first I was surprised by 11hr long listen. I will say this after listening to the whole story they’re were so many moments where I wished that the character Dorian would simply be killed by an alien. I never hated a character so much than when I read “Alien: Sea of Sorrows” character Rolland but she pales compared to the amount of hate I have for Dorian in this novel. The author did a really wonderful job of getting you involved in the character building but it’s been mainly on a few and not the rest. Alien movies and novels have always been about the people and them surviving the aliens. Unfortunately, aliens have become simply a background noise in this novel where we know the threat is there from the aliens and that we have to survive but the focus is heavy on two characters and not much of the aliens besides them being a threat and them trying to kill you.
Now that being said they’re were moments where I was really beginning to feel terrified by the alien or if at that corner an alien walks past the medical module etc. I was tensed at that time so I would say that the author did an excellent job at getting the readers tensed
That being said there were times where I felt a bit that story is being dragged on for no reason and should have ended.
Overall considering this Alex White’s first take on Alien. I have to raise my hat to say it was a really good work and I really look forward to the sequel if there is any and if they make a audio drama of this book of this next year
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