Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy
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- Author：S.D. Perry
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Summary
Raccoon City: a remote mountain community suddenly besieged by a rash of grisly murders。 At the epicenter， a dark secluded mansion belonging to the mysterious Umbrella Corporation。
Deployed to investigate the strange goings-on is the Special Tactics and Rescue Squad （S。T。A。R。S。） but what unfolds as the team penetrate the mansion's long-locked doors is terror beyond their worst nightmares。
Deployed to investigate the strange goings-on is the Special Tactics and Rescue Squad （S。T。A。R。S。） but what unfolds as the team penetrate the mansion's long-locked doors is terror beyond their worst nightmares。
Reviews
C。B。 Smith
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When you hear “novelization to Resident Evil” this is definitely what would come to mind。 In all of it’s so very 90s cheesy thriller goodness。
Stephen Barber
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Huge fan of the games and I really loved this book。 I could picture every room perfectly in my mind。 All described perfectly。 Can’t wait to read the rest of the series
David
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First of all let me just say that I'm a big fan of the games。The book is nice， it was interesting revisiting the mansion this way， and it started nicely and with what felt to be a bit more character development， but it quickly goes in to a bit of "game walkthough" at some point。 I think this is a nice introduction to people who haven't played the game， to those who've played there isn't nothing new here but it's still a nice read。 First of all let me just say that I'm a big fan of the games。The book is nice， it was interesting revisiting the mansion this way， and it started nicely and with what felt to be a bit more character development， but it quickly goes in to a bit of "game walkthough" at some point。 I think this is a nice introduction to people who haven't played the game， to those who've played there isn't nothing new here but it's still a nice read。 。。。more
WordyJenn
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7 ways this book ticked me off1。 Grinning - Everyone grinned after every victory or find。 What's wrong with these people？ It's not normal I tell you。This is a case of trying to add detail。 Unnecessary detail in my opinion。 The character's conveyed how they were feeling through their actions decently enough。 It happens with a variety of description tags， but the grinning one made my eye twitch。2。 Doors - Oh my lordy， I suppose this could be a nod to the game， but door upon door。 And through the d 7 ways this book ticked me off1。 Grinning - Everyone grinned after every victory or find。 What's wrong with these people？ It's not normal I tell you。This is a case of trying to add detail。 Unnecessary detail in my opinion。 The character's conveyed how they were feeling through their actions decently enough。 It happens with a variety of description tags， but the grinning one made my eye twitch。2。 Doors - Oh my lordy， I suppose this could be a nod to the game， but door upon door。 And through the door EVERY room and what was in it was described。 The transitioning in this novel isn't good。 We're told what's happening before it happens。3。 Monologues - The character's often went over what had already happened， how they felt and what they needed to do， （which they then proceeded to do）。 I did a lot of sighing and eye-rolling。 4。 POV - There was no mystery because it seemed they were frightened we'd miss what each character was doing。 It took any tense atmosphere out of it。5。 The game - This is a very shallow， going through the motions novel。 There's seemingly no complex plot。 It never delves in and goes deeper as it relies on people's knowledge of the games lore and love of it; which is fine， but it could've been BETTER。6。 Ghouls - Our character's had accepted and had， at the beginning， called them zombies。 Why did they then proceed to call them ghouls？ That old can't call them zombies rose up from the dead。 （Badum tush）。7。 The monsters - Each 'boss' monster was quickly solved and forgettable。 *Sad face*Despite all my complaints here， this is an easy， quick read and I do think Resident evil fans will love it， but taking that out， it doesn't hold up in its own right。 。。。more
Zahra'a
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It’s resident evil 1 on PS1 in case want to read it as book 。
Frank Trek Davis
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An excellent trip down memory lane。 The Umbrella Conspiracy really brings the RE story to life and adds new detail to our intrepid S。T。A。R。S。 This isn't nearly as terrifying as the game experience was that very first time I played it as a preteen loser in a dark room with my best friend。 But。 Perry has done an excellent job of capturing the feel of the gameplay。It's the many little details that she included that brought the memories back， like cautiously watching the writhing bodies of the recen An excellent trip down memory lane。 The Umbrella Conspiracy really brings the RE story to life and adds new detail to our intrepid S。T。A。R。S。 This isn't nearly as terrifying as the game experience was that very first time I played it as a preteen loser in a dark room with my best friend。 But。 Perry has done an excellent job of capturing the feel of the gameplay。It's the many little details that she included that brought the memories back， like cautiously watching the writhing bodies of the recently slain as you try to maneuver to the next room。 I had so much fun reading this。 I was only jealous that the team were much more efficient than I was and didn't walk into any of the big monster scenarios without enough ammunition causing them to die and respawn fifty thousand times slightly tweaking their movements each cycle until they fluked a victory。 。。。more
Felicia
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4 stars ⭐️Pretty good for being a novel based on a game。 I loved the cute Valenfield （Chris and Jill） moment in this book。 I loved the funny interaction between Chris and Rebecca in the beginning。 The writing was great and the storyline was intriguing （even though it wasen’t like the game at some part of it）。 I just love these games so much， and I was actually suprised that I enjoyed this book。 I definitely want to continue on with this series！
Matthew Barbeler
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Man， LitRPG has spoiled me。 I wanted to see how a novelisation of a videogame could be done， and I have to admit that I found this a bit of a chore to get through。 While searching for emblems and sigils to unlock doors in a survival horror game is fine， when you take out that personal involvement in the story by being IN that world， it just becomes tedious。 This is not a slight to the author at all， just an observation of the trappings of writing a faithful video game novelisation。It also felt l Man， LitRPG has spoiled me。 I wanted to see how a novelisation of a videogame could be done， and I have to admit that I found this a bit of a chore to get through。 While searching for emblems and sigils to unlock doors in a survival horror game is fine， when you take out that personal involvement in the story by being IN that world， it just becomes tedious。 This is not a slight to the author at all， just an observation of the trappings of writing a faithful video game novelisation。It also felt like the characters were playing on Easy mode。 In the Resident Evil games， you scrounge for ammunition。 You count every bullet。 But in this book， the characters find 'clips of ammo' all over the shop and never once have to even think about conserving ammo。Every encounter kind of went the same way - monster shows up， character is shocked， character takes down enemy with no issues。 I never once felt like the characters were in danger， and in a book where there's a literal zombie shark， a snake the size of a bus， and a meat-eating plant， there should have been stakes。There weren't。 I love the Resident Evil universe for all of the lore that goes into the virus（es）， parasites and other pathogens that turn regular people and animals into hulking monstrosities， but this book had none of that。 It was a stroll through a haunted house where all of the monsters were toothless and wearing boxing gloves。 。。。more
Andrew Alvis
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I remember reading this years ago， delighting in how the writer entwined the two storylines。Found it recently while having a clearout and decided to give it another go。 Everything I loved about it the first time round was fresh in my mind again。
Mark Thomas
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Junk food read， mildly entertaining。 Just glad they kept the Jill sandwich。 3。5/5
اینتاریوش
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تجربه جالبی بود！من به شخصه نسخه اول بازی رو بازی نکردم ولی با گیم پلی بازی های این مجموعه آشنام؛ کتاب محیط بازی رو خیلی جالب به تصویر کشیده بود؛ اول اینکه فضای دلهره آور و استرس زای محیط بازی در ابتدای کتاب قشنگ بود ولی بعد یکنواخت شد。 برای من از جذابیت های کتاب یکی این بود که توصیف های فضا و مکان عینا مثل بازی بود و حتی در بخش هایی از داستان تعداد گلوله ها و خشاب ها هم به خواننده یادآوری میشد؛ خب کسایی که بازی رو انجام داده باشن می دونن که کمبود مهمات از چالش های اصلی بازی های رزدنت اویل بوده و تجربه جالبی بود！من به شخصه نسخه اول بازی رو بازی نکردم ولی با گیم پلی بازی های این مجموعه آشنام؛ کتاب محیط بازی رو خیلی جالب به تصویر کشیده بود؛ اول اینکه فضای دلهره آور و استرس زای محیط بازی در ابتدای کتاب قشنگ بود ولی بعد یکنواخت شد。 برای من از جذابیت های کتاب یکی این بود که توصیف های فضا و مکان عینا مثل بازی بود و حتی در بخش هایی از داستان تعداد گلوله ها و خشاب ها هم به خواننده یادآوری میشد؛ خب کسایی که بازی رو انجام داده باشن می دونن که کمبود مهمات از چالش های اصلی بازی های رزدنت اویل بوده و اینجا هم به طرز خلاقانه ای احساس میشد، نکته دیگه اینکه از آغاز تا اواسط داستان روند داستان و دیالوگ ها و مونولوگ ها با هماهنگی خوبی باعث میشدند که داستان کسل کننده نباشه و خواننده همچنان دنباله کار رو بگیره هر چند این مورد در بخش های جیل ولنتاین کمتر بود ولی برای بقبه شخصیت ها نسبتا خوب بود؛ به شخصه تمام بخش هایی که زاویه دوربین روایت میرفت روی وسکر رو با جان و دل می خوندم🥰 قطعا از جذابه های این داستان ها پرداختن به گذشته و افکار شخصیت های داستانه که ما تو بازی ها تجربه کردیم。 خلاصه که فکر میکنم برای کسایی که بازی رو انجام داده باشن تجربه خوبی باشه خوندن کتاب هر چند یه بدی داره که آخر داستان رو میدونید و یکجورایی این از میل به ادامه دادن کم میکنه。 جا داره یه اشاره ای هم بکنم از نحوه شروع داستان که با رشته خبرهای مهم رسانه ها شروع میکنه و فضا و توجه رو به سمت محیطی که میخواد میبره، بشخصه این تکنیک رو جایی ندیده بودم و ازش خوشم اومد。این وسط یه مشکلاتی هم بود مثلا از وسط داستان به بعد ماجرا کمی کسل کننده شد خصوصا تو بخش هایی که زاویه دوربین میرفت روی جیل، کمترین مونولوگ و دیالوگ به درد بخور یا تاثیر گذار روی داستان رو داشت برعکس شخصیت هایی مثل وسکر و بری برتون。 همچنین نمیدونم مشکل ترجمه بود یا نثر خود نویسنده که متن و توصیفات کیفیت حداقلی رو داشتن و مطمئنم کسانی که با دید یک کتاب مستقل و صرف برای خوندن این داستان بیان، خیلی ناامید میشن و راضی نخواهند بود ولی برای من که حالا البته با داستان بازی ها و شخصیت ها آشنام داستان خوب و کافی جلو میرفت بعضی نواقص پلات هم بیشتر از اینکه به خود کتاب برگرده به بازی برمیگرده。。。به هر حال برای من داستان متوسط و سرگرم کننده ای بود، خیلی خاطرات زیادی رو هم برام زنده کرد و از خوندنش لذت بردم ولی خب اگه طرفدار فیلم ها （هر چند ضعیف） و بازی و انیمیشن های رزدنت اویل نیستید احتمالا خوندن کتاب هاش رو هم بهتون توصیه نمیکنم。 。。。more
Rosemary
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Format: PaperbackAcquired from: ThriftBooksIt's so excruciatingly faithful to the source material that it's almost like playing the game without a Play Station。 The book is a solidly written dose of nostalgia that I always return to every couple of years。 I wouldn't necessarily recommend it if you aren't a fan of the series， but I do think it would be a good "starter horror novel" if you have a tween that likes zombies and monsters but you don't quite want to let them loose on grittier stuff yet Format: PaperbackAcquired from: ThriftBooksIt's so excruciatingly faithful to the source material that it's almost like playing the game without a Play Station。 The book is a solidly written dose of nostalgia that I always return to every couple of years。 I wouldn't necessarily recommend it if you aren't a fan of the series， but I do think it would be a good "starter horror novel" if you have a tween that likes zombies and monsters but you don't quite want to let them loose on grittier stuff yet。 Between these books and the X-Files novelizations I discovered I actually could be a voracious reader。 It gave me a feeling of normalcy and belonging to my peer group to find something I could inhale like that， and made me feel like maybe I wasn't as dumb as I thought。 I knew I enjoyed horror stories prior， but I thought I was only smart enough to read cliff notes or condensed versions， and it was like "whoa， I actually read an entire book that was more advanced than middle grade， and actually enjoyed it。 I wonder what else is out there。"Also， almost forgot to add， the Resident Evil series were some of the first zombie novels published--before Robert Kirkman， David Wellington， Max Brooks， and even the author stable of Permuted Press。 For a couple years there， even if you weren't a fan of Resident Evil fan， if you wanted some good ol' Romero action， this is where you went。 I feel it's a （likely misogynistic-motivated） oversight that Perry's contribution to the zombie genre is largely ignored。 。。。more
Tracy
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A special operations unit in a small city （why such a small city has its own special operations unit is yet another mystery） investigates a series of bizarre murders that seem to be the work of a cannibalistic cult living on the outskirts of town near an an allegedly abandoned mansion。 Call it regression， desperate hope for the Resident Evil live action reboot movie to be good， or some combination thereof because I decided to reread some of my paperback novelizations of the Resident Evil video g A special operations unit in a small city （why such a small city has its own special operations unit is yet another mystery） investigates a series of bizarre murders that seem to be the work of a cannibalistic cult living on the outskirts of town near an an allegedly abandoned mansion。 Call it regression， desperate hope for the Resident Evil live action reboot movie to be good， or some combination thereof because I decided to reread some of my paperback novelizations of the Resident Evil video games。Are these books good？ Not really。 Are they comforting？ Absolutely。 They give me the hope I need to believe that a good Resident Evil adaptation is possible。 Till then， we will always have 6 （！） movies about Milla Jovovich so there is always that。 。。。more
IvanBat
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Diría que me esperaba más， pero sabía perfectamente que no iba a ser una obra maestra de la literatura。 Empecé con bastantes ganas porque estaba en medio de uno de mis antojos de Resident Evil， aunque al poco se me hizo un poco meh。La historia es la misma que el juego， con ciertos cambios para cuadrar todos los personajes （cosa que se agradece）， y está muy logrado sobre todo por las indicaciones que te sitúan muy bien en la mansión Spencer。Lo peor que tiene es que esta edición está llena hasta a Diría que me esperaba más， pero sabía perfectamente que no iba a ser una obra maestra de la literatura。 Empecé con bastantes ganas porque estaba en medio de uno de mis antojos de Resident Evil， aunque al poco se me hizo un poco meh。La historia es la misma que el juego， con ciertos cambios para cuadrar todos los personajes （cosa que se agradece）， y está muy logrado sobre todo por las indicaciones que te sitúan muy bien en la mansión Spencer。Lo peor que tiene es que esta edición está llena hasta arriba de erratas y traducciones literales muy malas。 "Asesinato de cuervos" fue algo que me mató。。。Pero mi amada Jill Valentine sale mucho， y en esta casa simpeamos muy duro por ella。 。。。more
Morgan Alexander
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Fantastic telling of the first installment of the Reaident Evil games， adds extra depth to the original story without straying too far from the path， would recommend this to any resident evil fan！
Brendan
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The Umbrella Conspiracy is a novelisation of the 1st Resident Evil Game， nothing more， nothing less， with areas of the video-game removed so to maintain a pure and entertaining translation from screen to page。 The book in question， whilst not revolutionary in the undead genre nor in the science-fiction genre， is an interesting niche within the Resident Evil series。 What this book excels at， as opposed to the source material， is humanising the protagonists and antagonists alike， as far as I am co The Umbrella Conspiracy is a novelisation of the 1st Resident Evil Game， nothing more， nothing less， with areas of the video-game removed so to maintain a pure and entertaining translation from screen to page。 The book in question， whilst not revolutionary in the undead genre nor in the science-fiction genre， is an interesting niche within the Resident Evil series。 What this book excels at， as opposed to the source material， is humanising the protagonists and antagonists alike， as far as I am concerned， this book is the best of the bunch。 。。。more
Mårten Wahlström
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First and foremost。 I took a break for over 2 months and finished the last 200 pages in two days。 So if you’re wondering why it took me so long to finish quite a short book， there you go。The enjoyment factor here hangs mostly on the reader having some familiarity with the source material。 Otherwise a lot of the things happening will come off as incredibly corny and some dialogue will seem really bizarre （looking at you Jill Sandwitch）。 As a massive RE fan and lover of schlocky horror however， I First and foremost。 I took a break for over 2 months and finished the last 200 pages in two days。 So if you’re wondering why it took me so long to finish quite a short book， there you go。The enjoyment factor here hangs mostly on the reader having some familiarity with the source material。 Otherwise a lot of the things happening will come off as incredibly corny and some dialogue will seem really bizarre （looking at you Jill Sandwitch）。 As a massive RE fan and lover of schlocky horror however， I had a great time exploring the mansion in a new medium。 This stomps the inferior movie adaptation and works as a nice little companion piece to the original game。 It fleshes out what happens in the ps1 classic perfectly and I have a hard time deciding if I enjoy this or the remakes version of the events more。 Time will tell I guess。 。。。more
S。J。 Hollis
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A well written novelisation of the first game。 I could picture almost every corridor and every room。
José Carlos
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mano do céu q livro DIVERTIDO aaaaaaa
Joel
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I’m a massive fan of the resident evil games and story lines but put reading the novelisation off for almost 10 years for some reason！！I basically didn’t want the author to ruin the legacy for me， but I was wrong and after taking this out from the back of my bookshelf I was very happy and read it in 2 sittings， very loyal to the game and easy to read， it also gives the characters slightly more depth which I think will be explored more going forward。I do intend to read all the books in the series I’m a massive fan of the resident evil games and story lines but put reading the novelisation off for almost 10 years for some reason！！I basically didn’t want the author to ruin the legacy for me， but I was wrong and after taking this out from the back of my bookshelf I was very happy and read it in 2 sittings， very loyal to the game and easy to read， it also gives the characters slightly more depth which I think will be explored more going forward。I do intend to read all the books in the series and I’mpretty sure I’ll enjoy the ones based on games but I’m interested to see how I enjoy the original stories。 。。。more
Elijah James
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Resident Evil is supposed to be this awesome dynamic blend of action， weapons， and horror -- but S。D Perry fails to provide anything of depth。 His writing is cold and repetitive， as if he believes the reader is dumb。 As a fan of the movies and games， this unfortunately didn't live up。 Resident Evil is supposed to be this awesome dynamic blend of action， weapons， and horror -- but S。D Perry fails to provide anything of depth。 His writing is cold and repetitive， as if he believes the reader is dumb。 As a fan of the movies and games， this unfortunately didn't live up。 。。。more
Marco Aurélio
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Me senti dentro do clássico jogo de 1998 q eu tanto adorava jogar。Resident Evil é o meu jogo mais querido。 E o livro traz detalhes da trama q o jogo， por motivos óbvios， não aborda。
Joe Currie
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Resident evil 1 as a book if you want that then yeeeeeee it good
Mr。 Prince
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Bastante fiel al juego， recomiendo mucho a las personas amantes de la saga。 Con la lectura se sienten mucho mas las personalidades de los protagonistas， cosa que el juego no logra plasmar fácilmente。 Es bastante basico。。。。。el comienzo del terror 🧟🧟♂️💀🎮
Lucas Rodriguez
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Estoy casi seguro que hace años atrás leí este libro， pero me había olvidado todo。 Bah， olvidar es imposible porque sigue a rajatabla todo lo que sucede en un videojuego que he jugado centenares de veces en mi vida， pero los ligeros cambios y reajustes que hace la autora se habían perdido entre tanto detalle。 Lectura ligerísima， de aeropuerto， que se enfoca en muchos detalles ínfimos que estancan el proceso narrativo， pero que son guiños al juego que para un lector casual serían insoportables。 A Estoy casi seguro que hace años atrás leí este libro， pero me había olvidado todo。 Bah， olvidar es imposible porque sigue a rajatabla todo lo que sucede en un videojuego que he jugado centenares de veces en mi vida， pero los ligeros cambios y reajustes que hace la autora se habían perdido entre tanto detalle。 Lectura ligerísima， de aeropuerto， que se enfoca en muchos detalles ínfimos que estancan el proceso narrativo， pero que son guiños al juego que para un lector casual serían insoportables。 Ahí es muy mecánica pero Perry sobresale al hilar en una misma historia las aventuras de Chris y Jill， que en el juego van separadas， junto a los testimonios de Barry， Rebecca y Wesker， teniendo cuidado de separar los escenarios y enemigos que se encuentran y haciendo que todo tenga sentido y coherencia。 Nunca olvidemos que Resident Evil siempre tuvo ese puntito de cine de terror zombie clase B， casi cheesy， y en el libro quedaron esos toques pero casi inexistentes。 Para muchos que rabiaron con las adaptaciones cinematográficas， este libro sería lo más cercano a una adaptación fidedigna que alguna vez existirá， poniendo todos los elementos y cambiándolos ligeramente para que tenga más sentido y todos tengan su debido protagonismo。 。。。more
Ranette
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A great scary book with lots of surprises， great for Halloween。
Eric Gallagher
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Great story by itself， well written。Suprisingly accurate and true to the story of the original game。Doesn't add anything new if you played the game， but great if you haven't and want the full story。I should have read this when I bought it 15 years ago。。。 Great story by itself， well written。Suprisingly accurate and true to the story of the original game。Doesn't add anything new if you played the game， but great if you haven't and want the full story。I should have read this when I bought it 15 years ago。。。 。。。more
Turah Eddie
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Good。。。 not bad！
Megan Morrison
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4 stars pretty much solely because i had a lot of fun reading it as someone who’s obsessed with the resident evil games。 the writing is alright， just like one little step up above bare bones， there’s some extra exploration here but not as much as i’d like。 i also think this would be incredibly confusing for someone who wasn’t already familiar with the source material。
Diego Masis
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