Mostly I am talking about solid description. But lots of bits that you would put in for a stand-alone work just aren't there the author seems to be relying on the reader to have seen the movie. If the reading/writing had tried to be more stand-alone, the book might be more successful. Sensory descriptions are missing and the novel is flat without having seen the movie. It's an impossible task to measure up to a full cast of actors in this regard and I wish Hope or the person who produced/directed this audiobook hadn't tried. This narrator (Hope) tries, and/or invents voices for ones he can't approximate, but it really doesn't work. #Alan dean foster alien books movie#There is no way a single narrator can imitate all the great voices in the movie exactly. I think a reading with less-differentiated voices would be much better. The reader struggles with doing multiple voices. These are marines and blue collar workers (Ripley). But many of the best lines from the movie completely lose their force, rhythm, and impact from being sanitized. Instead of the most loved line in the movie, "Get away from her you bitch!" we are given "Get away from her YOU!" Now I'm not that attached to swearing I'm not a 12-year old on the playground trying to sound grown up. As indicated by my review title, nearly all the expletives have been omitted. I love the first two movies in this franchise so much! So how can a book that essentially follows the movie scene for scene be disappointing? Let me explain how. This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
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