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Prey vs predator book3/24/2024 ![]() We didn’t need that scene where Machiko is sexually harassed by walking toxic masculinity (we already know she’s a badass – having her flip some douchebag around is unnecessary, especially for so minor a character), we don’t need her making gaga-eyes at some guy who has no personality or sexual prowess, and we didn’t need to spend so much time with the damn lawyers. There’s Machiko, her android, the bad guy, his security woman, the lawyer, the other lawyer, the love interest, the dickwad, a bunch of other mercenaries. By that I mean there were too many for the story to handle. As much as I loved the action scenes in the new The Predator movie (which I dragged my husband to see in the theatre), the characters in that movie were given too much attention. Yet, the action scenes were fun, if not tension-filled, and there is an amazing scene of Predators fighting a T-Rex that made me spit out my coffee.īut there are two many random characters. She also has a rawness, a vulnerability, a need to prove herself, in Prey (and War) that is lacking in this novel. And there was so much showing rather than telling – Machiko’s actions are often described rather than viewed through her eyes. The book was too funny, too light-hearted. It also had lines like this, which made me laugh: “… cutting into the throng of aliens, slicing, dicing, and generally churning up the Hard Meat into chunky-style puree, acid-flavour” and “Hunting with her pack had come to make multiple orgasms mild and mundane.” It had ridiculously flowery moments like this “It plumbed the depths of her soul and biochemistry, bringing up the thunder of valor and the uncontrolled explosion of adrenaline” which I thought were fun, albeit hyperbolic to the extreme. It gets 2.5.ĭid I like parts of it? Yes, I did. But, because, in my mind, it’s not part of the trilogy (which is now a duology), I will review it as a stand-alone novel. If I were reviewing it in the lens of being a sequel to the trilogy, I would have to give it 1 star. The premise of this novel is flimsy at best, the characters have all the depth of a petri dish, and the tone is completely different from Prey. It adds nothing to the story and the fight scene at the start (and another at the end!) is repeated (and far better written) in War. I will say this one time and one time only: SKIP THIS BOOK. I must have started this novel four times, set it aside thinking it was part 3, then picked it up again after clarifying it was book two. That wasn't the reason I hate this book, I hated it because it didn't deliver on aliens, predators or the main character's time amongst the preadators. I didn't go in, just sat in the waiting room reading this awful book. What I do remember is chugging through it, my brain not even registering most of the imagery, and finally finishing the book while I was at my the bankruptcy hearing/trial thing for my parents. I really don't remember much about this book. Instead we see a bunch of.i am not sure what.a little bit of predator even less alien. The cover strongly suggests that we would. The cover is a lie, we see nothing of Machiko's time with the predators. This book though had nothing of interest. And I don't know how that was possible.Ĩth grade me loved the first book, loved aliens and predators. ![]() This book was a huge struggle to get through. The cover to the first book was amazing, and the story matched. Suitable for readers aged 7+ who are either fascinated by wildlife or are studying natural history or animal adaptations or classification.I don't know how this got screwed up. ![]() These books also highlight the variety of life on Earth and reinforces how animals are adapted to their habitats. Young readers will love the Predator Vs Prey series with its amazing photographs and the details about super-senses or incredible adaptations. Whether they are fast, strong, armed with claws or teeth, cunning, patient or venomous, they are all masters of the art of killing their prey. Stat panels give readers a quick overview of how predator and prey stack up against each other. The prey animal shows us how it attempts to evade certain death, whether through camouflage, a speedy retreat or safety in numbers. Different techniques and adaptations are examined in detail, showing how bird predators are perfectly suited to their habitat and to the prey they pursue.Įach spread has dramatic photographs and looks in detail at one bird and focuses on its primary weapon, such as talons, hearing or ambush. Speedy peregrines swoop on their victims, hobbys have superior aerial manoeuvring skills, short-toed eagles team up in coordinated attacks and thrushes bash their prey against rocks. Does your child love to find out what makes top bird predators experts at hunting? They will be staggered at the variety of techniques our feathered friends use to bring down their prey!
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