the alex hunter series has me in a fucking chokehold rn like quoi de la fuck, man????? why are you so bland yet so cool at the same time alex
update: read books 1-3, halfway through 4
i am convinced greig beck was high
update again: I HAVE FINISHED THE ENTIRE SERIES AND WHAT THE FUCK WAS HAPPENING GREIG BECK DID YOU SNORT MICROPLASTICS OR WHAT
I will absolutely eat up a good creature-feature, book otherwise. And if it's about parasitic alien life that becomes its host, then I will DEVOUR it. The Siberian Incident has been the latter as I have already burned through the first half of the book in day; a true page turner in my eye.
Some thoughts and possibly spoilers after the break,
The characters aren't anything special, but they have just enough personality to make you care a modicum amount about their wellbeing, and that is all that is really needed in stuff like this. You need to care just enough about them so that their inevitable death, either against the alien that resides in the lake or the Bratva, aka the Russian mafia.
At this point in the book, the alien monster is really beginning to make its presence known, what with first appearing in the form of a bear. But not just any bear: A dead, hollowed corpse of bear! Apparently whatever the alien itself is, it's capable of assuming the identity of its prey by, not assimilating with it, but by hollowing their corpse out and then slipping inside to wear it like a suit.
It hasn't been all that gory, but then there hasn't been a whole lot going on beyond the bear autopsy and initial encounter with the mafia, so I am hoping things get gross and painful soon. The suspense and anticipation of seeing the alien's true form is certainly building.
Finished 'The Hobbit', and it was okay. The simple way in which it was written made it a bit difficult to follow intently at times, but it was still an enjoyable read overall; perhaps a bit exaggerated in its praise from adult fans, though.
Next up is 'The Siberian Incident', which sounds like it's going to be The Thing, but set on a sturgeon farm in Siberia and involves a mafia of some sort.
