Alien: Isolation

Great story, origin back story of Amy ( Amanda ) growing up in Canada and living with her Neglectful step-father, also her time with her Mom Ellen Ripley and Dallas. I only got as far as the Sci/Med tower Chapter, I’ll finish this book someday. I’ll love to finish it.

Still reading, but enjoying it immensely. Really cool to finally find out more about Ripley's life before she joined the Nostromo crew. Hope one day this book will turn into an Alien franchise movie.

I'm a long long long time Alien fan. I remember watching Alien and Aliens at the age of 6/7, I remember being gutted as I wasn't old enough to see Alien 3 at the pictures. Been a fan since and will always will be. Even with Disney now owning the property and to see what they have done with star wars (The Mandalorian excluded) a certain person might be worried about the future of the Alien Franchise. Now Alien Isolation is the first Alien Novel ive read (other than the Dark Horse comics) its also the first novel I've read based off a video game.I bought Alien Isolation: Ripley edition the day it came out, I even pre-ordered it and booked the day off work to play it. I couldn't wait for it and after playing it, its easily one of the best Alien games or even best horror games ever made. I've played it start to finish easily 3 times. For some reason Alien Isolation the book was recommended to me by amazon and not had a book to read in a while I gave it ago. I ordered it along with Aliens phalanx.Now as I've played the game i wasn't sure what would be included in the book, but I was surprised how much extra and back story had been included that wasn't included in the game. The book basically follows the events of the game and certain conversations, when I was reading I was picturing the games events in my head remembering it all. Which leads me to my first negative about the book, it sometimes reads like a video game. I know that sounds weird, but in certain cases some things just didn't read right.Now other than following the events of the game it also delves into Amanda Ripley's back story. I was surprised how much detail the book goes into, especially Amanda's life after the disappearance of the Nostromo. How Ellen Ripleys partner and Amanda's stepdad raised her...badly. I did really enjoy these aspects and learnt so much about the backstory of both Ripley's that are not shown or mentioned in the movies.Now as much as I love the story I did feel, that the book towards the end rushed itself. After the bureau is ransacked the book just sprinted to the end and alot seems just skipped or parts of the story weren't included. I felt alot more of the story could of been expanded.But overall I really enjoyed the novel based on Alien Isolation and I highly recommend picking it up. Its made me want to read more Alien based novels and im currently reading Aliens Phalanx (which is fantastic) and ive ordered the Aliens novel trilogy River of pain, out of the shadows etc which I cant wait to cracked on with.

I find it hard to stick with books, but i couldnt put this one down.Great additions to Amandas background and how she ended up on the station.

I've been a fan of the series for decades, at least 3 and a half of them, so purchase of this was pretty much guaranteed after the fantastic game it was based on (no novels of Aliens: Colonial Marines yet, thankfully). While the game is fantastic, atmospheric, and totally immersive this novel... isn't so much.The author had said in an interview that he hasn't played the game, and perhaps that's why many aspects of this book don't live up to its source material. As someone who hasn't experienced the (simulated) thrill of creeping through an air vent and hiding in a locker while Stampy patrols the corridors or while a Joe admonishes you for being hysterical, you're not going to be able to recreate that tension, and that's something that happens here.Descriptions were lacklustre, key events played down as standard A to B to C transitions, and just as it feels like the story's ramping up to a high-tension piece, it's broken by a flashback chapter that resets the pace of the whole book.I've read many other novels based on video games, and this one isn't one of the best ones - more of a middle-of-the-road affair, unfortunately.