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City of the Dead

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Create Date：2021-04-11 14:57:24
Update Date：2025-09-06
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Author：S.D. Perry
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Leon Kennedy， a rookie cop on a new assignment， and Claire Redfield， sister of the still-missing S。T。A。R。S。 member Chris， arrive at Raccoon City to discover a necropolis。 A botched attempt by the Umbrella Corporation to retrieve a devastating mutagenic weapon has resulted in a horrifying viral outbreak， transforming the city's population into the living dead。 And all of them are hungry。

Claire and Leon have one chance to save themselves: get to Raccoon City Police headquarters and find a means of escape。 But others have sought refuge in the police precinct， and not all of them are on the same side。

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Lisa ， 2021-04-04 00:00

Though I usually steer away from comparing adaptations in reviews， I assume that any potential audience has played the game or at least know the story， and I will therefore compare the book to the corresponding game。The book stays largely faithful to its corresponding game。 Whether that is a good or a bad thing， however， I am not so sure of。 It takes but a hundred pages before the separated duo are both inside the RPD， where we know the game to truly begin。 This is not a bad thing by all means。 Though I usually steer away from comparing adaptations in reviews， I assume that any potential audience has played the game or at least know the story， and I will therefore compare the book to the corresponding game。The book stays largely faithful to its corresponding game。 Whether that is a good or a bad thing， however， I am not so sure of。 It takes but a hundred pages before the separated duo are both inside the RPD， where we know the game to truly begin。 This is not a bad thing by all means。 The characters observations， musings， and interpretations of said observations and events， rationalizing away obvious red flag ensued by slow， uncanny realization was delightfully entertaining。 It made subsequent events， all predictably familiar， almost dull in comparison。 My favorite moment， which is still vividly remembered， is Leon’s drive to RC， when his young-idealistic-aspiring-cop fantasies came to an abrupt halt by the grim reality of the city’s fate in the form of， what is obvious to the reader but not to Leon， a cerberus。 His contemplations about the event， coupled with the sneaky feeling that something was off， which he proceeded to shrug off as hyperactive fancy， offered a riveting， immersive introduction that the rest of the book failed to hold on to。 It was still an entertaining read， and the author did mostly a decent job at justifying some of the more nonsensical character actions， but by the n’th Mr。 X/Birkin confrontation I just wanted to reach the inevitable conclusion。。。。more

C。J。 Wilmot ， 2021-03-24 00:00

A fantastic depiction of the fan favorite 90s video game Resident Evil 2。 The book goes much deeper into Racoon City， building upon the characters and the painting a vivid picture of the zombie infested police station and city streets。

Jes ， 2021-03-16 00:00

Ok。 I've mentioned at length about how my sudden Resident Evil hyperfixation absolutely wrecked my long streak of romance novel reading。 So it shouldn't come as any surprise that an RE novelization would be the next step。 And if it's not clear from my fifty-one notes and highlights or my vaugely rabid liveread thread on Twitter， I did truly enjoy this book。A lot of the reviews of this book seem preoccupied with the plot diversions from the original RE2， which feels a little bit trivial to me。 Bo Ok。 I've mentioned at length about how my sudden Resident Evil hyperfixation absolutely wrecked my long streak of romance novel reading。 So it shouldn't come as any surprise that an RE novelization would be the next step。 And if it's not clear from my fifty-one notes and highlights or my vaugely rabid liveread thread on Twitter， I did truly enjoy this book。A lot of the reviews of this book seem preoccupied with the plot diversions from the original RE2， which feels a little bit trivial to me。 Books and video games are two different mediums and it's often necessary to give more events emphasis so we can see in the heads of the characters experiencing them。 And I think the whole A Scenario / B Scenario deal is tough to handle on the page so it makes sense that there are a couple of major differences between this book and the game。But。 I mean。 All that said。 I can totally see why Capcom hasn't invited SD Perry back to write anymore books after she finished her Resident Evil series。 Mostly， the way this author writes Ada Wong is just so。。。。。 awful。 Maybe I'm a little bit too enamored with the Ada we're presented in the RE2make， but this book takes a bizarre stance on 1998 Ada。 By this， I mean she falls into ridiculous puppy love with Leon and spends a lot of page-time feeling guilty over doing her job and manipulating him。 Like。 Okay。 It goes so against the iconic image of her as a nuanced femme fatale with complete agency over her decisions and emotions。 Most iterations of Ada seem to have a soft spot for Leon but still manage to continue with their job。 It's strange that the author went the complete opposite direction and turned Ada's quick moments of affection into entire rants about how much she would love to run away with Leon and leave her espionage days behind her。 Thematically， I think it's always been important for RE2 Leon to be a complete ingénue with glimmers of worldliness and for Ada to be mostly detached， serving as a major factor for his emotional development into the absolute skank Leon is in RE4。（This is me speaking objectively， of course。） Ugh。 So yes， one star off for the un-girlbossification of Ada Wong。Other than that， I feel like this book is very nearly a four star。 The action scenes are done pretty well， and I appreciate the streamlined bits around puzzles and areas of RE2 that would be tedious in a narrative。 I adore Claire and Leon， as always， and I enjoyed seeing a little bit of their backstories before the Raccoon City incident。 Sherry was also incredibly well-written and avoids the slightly grating "helpless little girl" area she hits in the '98 RE2。 She is very small and very capable。 I love my daughter。So yes！ I shall not be purchasing anymore Resident Evil novelizations （for now）。 I haven't finished Love at First yet and I feel bad for putting it on hold for a Capcom zombie franchise。 That said， this book was an incredibly fun diversion。。。。more

Tracy ， 2021-03-04 00:00

A rookie police officer and a missing officer's sister both travel into Raccoon City - unaware that a virus outbreak has devastated the city and transformed most its residents into zombies。 They flee to the police station hoping it will be safe and find a way to escape before it is too late。 Reading the novelizations of these first two games makes me really afraid of a movie trying to combine both these stories while remaining true to the survival horror atmosphere and capturing the key storylin A rookie police officer and a missing officer's sister both travel into Raccoon City - unaware that a virus outbreak has devastated the city and transformed most its residents into zombies。 They flee to the police station hoping it will be safe and find a way to escape before it is too late。 Reading the novelizations of these first two games makes me really afraid of a movie trying to combine both these stories while remaining true to the survival horror atmosphere and capturing the key storylines。 But the chances this reboot could disappoint me more than the original film adaptation did are close to zero so I will try to keep hope alive。。。。more

Joel ， 2021-03-03 00:00

Being a massive fan of the video game franchise I think I expected a word for word adaption which is not realistic。The cross over from video game to novelisation was done very well， I almost treat this series as a ‘break’ between full novels but enjoy them none the less。 After a couple of books I’ll surely read the next one and enjoy it！

Andrew Alvis ， 2021-03-01 00:00

A really good adaption marrying together both Leons' and Claires' scenarios， though some missing parts and minor changes do niggle at my memories of Resident Evil 2。 A really good adaption marrying together both Leons' and Claires' scenarios， though some missing parts and minor changes do niggle at my memories of Resident Evil 2。。。。more

اینتاریوش ， 2021-03-01 00:00

متاسفانه علیرغم انتظارم که فکر میکردم این کتاب میتونه بهترین کتاب سری باشه از نظر کیفی از کتاب قبل ضعیف تر بود؛ با اینکه نکات مثبت زیادی مثل شخصیت پردازی و مکالمات جذاب و روایت هیجان انگیز داشت ولی ایرادات منطقی و پلات آرمور آشکار باعث شد از کیفیت کار کم بشه。 مشکل قانون "نشون بده، نگو" هم اینجا چند بار دیده شد با اینکه کمتر آزارنده بود چون با مونولگ ها و روایت عجین شده بود و کمتر تو چشم میزد。کتاب مثل دو داستان قبل جذاب و درگیر کننده شروع میشه و ما اینبار دوباره با شخصیت های داستانی اصلی دیگه ای متاسفانه علیرغم انتظارم که فکر میکردم این کتاب میتونه بهترین کتاب سری باشه از نظر کیفی از کتاب قبل ضعیف تر بود؛ با اینکه نکات مثبت زیادی مثل شخصیت پردازی و مکالمات جذاب و روایت هیجان انگیز داشت ولی ایرادات منطقی و پلات آرمور آشکار باعث شد از کیفیت کار کم بشه。 مشکل قانون "نشون بده، نگو" هم اینجا چند بار دیده شد با اینکه کمتر آزارنده بود چون با مونولگ ها و روایت عجین شده بود و کمتر تو چشم میزد。کتاب مثل دو داستان قبل جذاب و درگیر کننده شروع میشه و ما اینبار دوباره با شخصیت های داستانی اصلی دیگه ای آشنا میشیم و داستان ماجرای بازی رزدنت اویل ۲ رو دنبال میکنه، کسانی که با بازیش آشنا باشن متوجه جذابیت های داستانیش میشن، چیزی که برای من لذت بخش بود در این مورد آشنایی بیشتر با دو شخصیت اصلی بازی در این داستان و ورود این دو نفر به ماجرا بود: کلر ردفیلد و لیان اسکات کِنِدی （صدای تبل و شیپور و جمعیت، جمعیت سر از پا نمیشناسه！）آشنایی با گذشته این دو خوندن مونولگ ها و دیالوگ هاشون چیزی بود که واقعا نمیذاشت کتاب رو زمین بذارم و البته حالا شاید چون با به طور کامل با داستان این قسمت آشنا نبودم بازم جذابیتش مضاعف شد。 اما اینا همه در ابتدای کار بود و از یه جایی به بعد درگیر روایت ها و توصیف های زیاد شدیم و هیجان افت کرد و تنها چیزی که زیاد شد حجم کتاب بود。 با این حال ورود دو شخصیت دیگه داستان رو دوباره به اوج رسوند: شری برکین و （با افتخار اعلام میکنم） ایدا وانگ （جیغ، سوت، هورااا。。。 مسابقه محله。。。 چیز یعنی。。。） ورود این دوتا داستان رو رنگ و بوی تازه داد و دوباره به قولی زنده اش کرد خصوصا ایدا؛ شخصیت ایدا وانگ کلا یکی از محورهای مثبت نه تنها این کتاب بلکه کل این سری بود، همیشه از گذشته ها اگر میخواستم داستانی بنویسم که شخصیت مونث منحصر به فردی داشته باشه دوست داشتم درست مثل ایدا وانگ باشه، یه ضدقهرمان مرموز با رفتارهای دوگانه، یکی از بهترین مونولگ های داستان ها رو وقتی تو این کتاب می خوندم که زاویه روایت روی ایدا میرفت، تردید ها، تناقضات و کشمکش ها ذهنیش فوق العاده بود درست در هماهنگی با اونچه تو رسانه های دیگر رزدنت اویل دیده بودم و اونچه که ازش انتظار میرفت。。。 وقتی این شخصیت با لیان همراه شد و هردو شروع به تعامل کردند و داستان رو پیش بردن。。。 در حسی بودم که انگار کهکشان داشت برام باله می رقصید، بدون تردید میگم که بهترین بخش های کتاب رو تعامل های این دوتا و دیالوگ ها و مونولوگ هاشون رقم زد。（تشویق🙌！）با این حال چرا این کتاب نتونست امتیاز بیشتری ازم بگیره؟چون باگ ها و ایرادات منطقی در رفتارهای شخصیت ها و حوادث وجود داشت که نمیشد ازش به راحتی گذشت （مثل کتاب اول اشاره میکنم که شاید حتی بیشتر از این که این ایرادات به داستان کتاب وارد باشه به داستان سرچشمه های اون یعنی خط داستانی بازی وارد باشه） که حالا بدون اسپویل نمیشه بهشون اشاره کرد اما یک موردش شاید این باشه برخلاف اشارات زیاد در رابطه با بیماری زایی و امکان انتقال بیماری （ویروس تی یا جی） و همچنین تجریه ای که از کتاب قبل در این باره دیدیم به طرز عجیبی این مورد درباره شخصیت های اصلی نادیده گرفته شد؛ پلات آرمور یا نقص منطقی، شخصیت های داستان علی رغم زخمی شدنشون هیچ کدوم به ویروس مبتلا نشدن موردی که در بازی نادیده گرفته نشده بود و اینجا استثنا ضعف کتاب رو آشکار کرد。 هر چند ایرادات منطقی و پلات آرمور های زیاد مصداق های متعددی داشت که باعث شد اثر کیفیتش رو برام از دست بده فقط به این مورد محدود نمیشه。。。 شخصیت پردازی ها، مونولوگ ها، مکالمات و تعاملات شخصیت ها به خصوص لیان و ایدا و حالا کمی خود پلات بود که باعث شد از اینی که هست نمره کمتری ندم。。。 در آخر مثل همیشه این داستان رو به طرفداران این مجموعه （چه بازی چه داستان） توصیه میکنم و فکر میکنم مثل من از شخصیت ها لذت خواهند برد。 نکته دیگه ای که وزنه مثبت دیگه ای برای داستان بود پایان فوق العاده جذاب و تعلیق کشنده بود، واقعا انگار شروع و پایان خوب داستان جزو سنت های این مجموعه ست （کتاب منظورمه） و این رو در هر سه کتاب تا اینجا دیدم، به نظرم هنر کم نظیریه برای کسانی که داستان های بلند و چند جلدی کار میکنند که باید یاد بگیرن。 پایان این کتاب هم حتی بهم اجازه نداد پنج دقیقه هم صبر کنم و جلد بعدی رو شروع کنم پس بعید نیست چند روز دیگه ریویو کتاب بعدی رو بنویسم。😁 。。。more

Mark Thomas ， 2021-02-20 00:00

Familiar story with corny action on every page。 A delight。 4/5

Matt ， 2021-02-12 00:00

As far as video game adaptions go， this was pretty solid！ I would have thought that basing a novel on the game would have resulted in the worst adaptation， but this proved to be much better than the movie。（Although that's not really high praise。） However， reading the events of the story as a novel really highlights how ridiculous it all is。 Some things just work better in a video game。 Fighting a giant crocodile in a game can be cool and intense and fun， but it doesn't have the same impact when As far as video game adaptions go， this was pretty solid！ I would have thought that basing a novel on the game would have resulted in the worst adaptation， but this proved to be much better than the movie。（Although that's not really high praise。） However， reading the events of the story as a novel really highlights how ridiculous it all is。 Some things just work better in a video game。 Fighting a giant crocodile in a game can be cool and intense and fun， but it doesn't have the same impact when reading that in a novel。 And all of the game's influences felt almost embarrassingly naked on the page。（The G-parasite as the chestburster from Alien。 The unstoppable Mr X。 as the Terminator。） The game included these things but somehow made them feel wholly original。 Just different methods of immersion， I guess。 The author got ~most~ of the characters right and included enough specific moments and locations from the game to trigger plenty of good feelings。 The written word has the benefit of relying on the reader's imagination， and my mind was filled with the world from the video game。 And as a huge fan of RE2 in particular， that world was very nice to revisit。But as other reviewers have pointed out， attempting to get into the mind of Ada was probably the author's biggest mistake。 She's not one of my favorites， but the whole point of that character is her cold mystery。 Yeah， she's cheesy as hell in the game and the story does imply some chemistry between her and Leon。 But spilling her inner， intimate thoughts onto the page deflates the whole concept of her character。 Another issue is that a lot of things were shuffled around and I don't think these decisions helped tell the story。 Fans of the game （the only audience for this book） are pretty sensitive about things lining up， so the seemingly needless shuffling burned through a bit of my good will。 But on that point， this whole series isn't canon anyway， so I'm not sure it has much appeal outside of an extremely specific feeling of nostalgia。 All that said， I had a pretty fun time。 And I really wish I would have gotten into these books as a kid。。。。more

Eric Gallagher ， 2021-01-26 00:00

Similar to the first book， it is a very good adaptation of the events in the second Resident Evil game。 Very true to the source material and great if you want the story without having to play the game。Same issue as the first one though more noticeable。 It's so true to the story of the game that it doesn't really add anything new or develop the characters。 The firs book at least tried to add in some back story for Jill and Chris， this one doesn't really add any more to Leon or Claire's characters Similar to the first book， it is a very good adaptation of the events in the second Resident Evil game。 Very true to the source material and great if you want the story without having to play the game。Same issue as the first one though more noticeable。 It's so true to the story of the game that it doesn't really add anything new or develop the characters。 The firs book at least tried to add in some back story for Jill and Chris， this one doesn't really add any more to Leon or Claire's characters。Still as game adaptations go， it's great and would recommend it if you're not going to play the games。。。。more

Morgan Alexander ， 2021-01-17 00:00

Following the events of the Resident Evil 2 game in a well written and well adapted manner all while adding extra insight to the story and stating faithful to the games story。

Thammalux Chaopanon ， 2021-01-16 00:00

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Joe Currie ， 2021-01-15 00:00

I like zombs n stuff I guess

Lucas Rodriguez ， 2020-12-02 00:00

Nunca me voy a cansar de la historia de Leon y Claire。 Nunca。 Capcom redobló la apuesta con esta historia dual y acá S。D。 Perry le hace honor novelizando la llegada， defensa y escape de estos intrépidos protagonistas en las destrozadas calles de Racoon City。 Perry ahonda en las intenciones de los personajes primarios y secundarios al internalizar los diálogos para explicarnos sus motivaciones， también se encarga de mencionar al pasar pero nunca hacer completamente de lado a los puzzles del juego Nunca me voy a cansar de la historia de Leon y Claire。 Nunca。 Capcom redobló la apuesta con esta historia dual y acá S。D。 Perry le hace honor novelizando la llegada， defensa y escape de estos intrépidos protagonistas en las destrozadas calles de Racoon City。 Perry ahonda en las intenciones de los personajes primarios y secundarios al internalizar los diálogos para explicarnos sus motivaciones， también se encarga de mencionar al pasar pero nunca hacer completamente de lado a los puzzles del juego para que no aplaquen el ritmo de la novela， y genera una nueva línea temporal donde las aventuras de Leon y Claire van a la par。 Mi único problema con la adaptación es que toma el escenario A de Leon， el principal， mientras que a Claire le toca el escenario B， su historia secundaria， cuando la trama se hubiese beneficiado mucho más con poner a los Birkin， el Virus G y la vacuna al frente。 Después de todo， es secreto a voces que dicho escenario es el canónico。 Pero nada que no se pueda perdonar。。。。more

✦。。。AlexJenn。。。✧ ， 2020-10-18 00:00

Con los últimos capítulos estuve con el corazón en un puño， y en realidad sigo así 😹😹😹 Sinceramente disfruté de esta lectura， y definitivamente seguiré con los demás libros que me faltan。

Jakko23 ， 2020-09-06 00:00

Best one so far

Lea M ， 2020-08-19 00:00

I read it long， long ago， but it's ridiculous （in a good way）， fun， cheesy， and everything you'd expect and love from classic Resident Evil。 I enjoyed it。 I read it long， long ago， but it's ridiculous （in a good way）， fun， cheesy， and everything you'd expect and love from classic Resident Evil。 I enjoyed it。。。。more

Annika ， 2020-07-27 00:00

I read the first novel and wasn't all that impressed。 So why， you may ask， did I bother sticking around for the 2nd book？ Well， third in the series， however， I refuse to read the non-canon books。 Well， you see， when you love something very much， you want to engage in as much of it as possible - be it six butchered Hollywood movies following a special snowflake（tm） character that was created for just that purpose or a series of poorly written books that somehow managed to become an entire series I read the first novel and wasn't all that impressed。 So why， you may ask， did I bother sticking around for the 2nd book？ Well， third in the series， however， I refuse to read the non-canon books。 Well， you see， when you love something very much， you want to engage in as much of it as possible - be it six butchered Hollywood movies following a special snowflake（tm） character that was created for just that purpose or a series of poorly written books that somehow managed to become an entire series despite not being very， what's the word， good。 Both of which throw canon to the wind。That being said， I will admit that Perry did more research on City of The Dead compared to， say， The Umbrella Conspiracy （volume 1）。 This novel follows the A scenario of Leon and B scenario of Claire pretty well all things considered。 The author did take some liberties here and there， which to me proved poor， I will get to that in a bit but that is ultimately the reason why I'm keeping my rating on the lower side of the spectrum。As any Resident Evil fan will tell you， the 2nd game in the series starts out with Leon Kennedy driving to Raccoon City for， what he believes， to be his first day at work。 Technically， game-Leon already knows something hinky is going on and was specifically told to stay away whereas book-Leon just thinks he's running late 'cause he stopped for a burger。But that's not where the book starts， it starts out with Jill about to leave the city with Chris。 Which begs the question， how in the world is the next novel， revolving around Resident Evil 3， supposed to take place then？ Seeing as Jill has supposedly already left the city WITH Chris。Trent， our enigmatic non-canon whatever-he-is， is still around and is as enigmatic as ever。 I'll call it right away; we are never gonna learn what his deal is。 Maybe in the non-canon books （the ones not following any game）， however， I will specifically avoid those。Police Chief Irons is here and， despite all his vile habits and murderous tendencies， Perry portrays him so strangely humane as if we're meant to feel sorry for him， which is the last thing you should。 I enjoy the different point of views throughout the novel， especially Annette's since I feel like her part of the story， her grief， becomes more understandable。 Irons， on the other hand， was a point of view I could've gone without。 He is no Wesker， he has no motivation or import。 He is just gross。After reading the first novel， I was actually not holding any hopes up for most characters to actually make an appearance namely Sherry， Ada， the Birkins， and even Mr。 X。I am pleased to announce all of the above are included。 I do not， however， appreciate them all equally。 Sherry has more of an attitude than what seems realistic for a child in her situation （like how she points out boys her age are so immature so obviously she doesn't have a boyfriend 。。。she's 12！）， originally Sherry was quite resourceful despite being a child， like the scenario when she runs away from Claire to help her father。 In Sherry's story arc， she does very little on her own unless told specifically by Claire。 I do like how Claire doesn't talk down to her as much as in the game though， even Sherry herself points this out。Mr。 X is actually decently looming and terrifying， at first I felt like Claire's encounters with him were lazy and very quickly dealt with， however， by the end they were becoming more of a threat and actually nervewrecking， which was a nice surprise。 I cannot say the same for William Birkin， I remember very little from his encounters and even less about the actual threat he， too， poses。 Aside from that， I will say that Claire's story arc was by far the most interesting and more enjoyable of the characters。 She and Sherry has that sisterly dynamic that makes up their relationship， and I was pleased to recognize it here。Ada， I think， is my biggest problem in this novel。 She is a hardcore spy whose feelings hardly ever get in the way of her getting the job done。 In the game， she hides her true identity by posing as a civilian looking for her boyfriend。 Which is why I'm rather disappointed with her character being portrayed as nothing more than a lovestruck girl who uses her charm in an almost pitiful damsel-like manner to trick Annette or even to flirt with Leon。Most of her character arc is her feeling bad about lying to Leon and what he may think of her when he discovers her motives and who she works for。 Whether she has feelings for him in the games， I'm not about to go into details about except she does soften up to Leon as well as his helpfulness and company。 But this is too sugary to fit into a Resident Evil plot， in my own honest opinion。 Since Ada is such a self reliant character， it's sad to witness her being reduced to an emotional lady for the benefit of Leon's story。 Like how she starts crying when she realizes she cannot shoot him？ That's not the Ada Wong I know。I will say， I am pleased that the author decided not to include puzzles in this novel， or not as heavily as in the first book， which was quite a hassle to read through。 Unlike the first novel， the story actually progressed more smoothly all things considered。And that's the that on that， I'll see you around for my review/complaint on Nemesis。。。。more

Alex Farron ， 2020-05-21 00:00

Thoroughly enjoyed this novelisation。 I liked the take on the otherwise overlooked characters from the original game。 More of Annette， more of Berloucci， even Irons who featured prominently。 They were much more human and relatable and although there are continuity errors and such， those are no fault of the author as they would have been feasible at least at the time of writing。 Overall if you enjoyed the first two volumes and， like me， are pretty much going to lap up anything Resi， give the seri Thoroughly enjoyed this novelisation。 I liked the take on the otherwise overlooked characters from the original game。 More of Annette， more of Berloucci， even Irons who featured prominently。 They were much more human and relatable and although there are continuity errors and such， those are no fault of the author as they would have been feasible at least at the time of writing。 Overall if you enjoyed the first two volumes and， like me， are pretty much going to lap up anything Resi， give the series a go。 Love them。。。。more

Juan ， 2020-05-11 00:00

I am a big fan of video games and the movies。 My favorite game is the Second Resident Evil， so I really enjoyed reading the book。

Kereesa ， 2020-05-10 00:00

Say it with me: I am trash。This was。。。unfortunately more garbage than trash。 And not even in a fun way。

Billy-Ray McEvoy ， 2020-04-25 00:00

This is the first book I have ever read that is based on a videogame （Resident Evil 2， one of my favourite games of all time）， and it is almost exactly what I'd expected。The plot plays out very well， adapting a split story with two campaigns to make one story where both of the characters， and side characters， have their own pathway。 I was， for the most part， pleased with how the story was adapted for this medium。 The story focuses on two main characters， Leon and Claire， as well as a bunch of si This is the first book I have ever read that is based on a videogame （Resident Evil 2， one of my favourite games of all time）， and it is almost exactly what I'd expected。The plot plays out very well， adapting a split story with two campaigns to make one story where both of the characters， and side characters， have their own pathway。 I was， for the most part， pleased with how the story was adapted for this medium。 The story focuses on two main characters， Leon and Claire， as well as a bunch of side characters。 Claire Redfield's story:Claire's story is definitely the most exciting of all the characters， although， this is for a bizarre reason。 The author， instead of splitting certain larger monsters evenly between Leon and Claire， seemed to give all of them to Claire。 While Leon is off with Ada， dealing with your average zombie， Claire gets through the zombies， the lickers， is harassed by Mr X constantly， and occasionally comes across William Birkin in a few monster forms。 It seemed odd that she had to deal with so many as opposed to making her deal with Birkin and lumping Mr X onto Leon's story， which I believe would have been more sensible。 Claire definitely has a much harder time than anyone else。 Her interactions with Sherry were great and also with chief Irons too。Sherry's chapters are a very enjoyable， its nice to read her internal monologue and actually makes her running off in the games feel a lot less annoying。Claire's run ins with Chief Irons were also very good to read。 Reading Irons chapters and his delve into paranoid delusion was interesting and he was an all around creepy and antagonistic character。Leon Kennedy:Leon had a lot less chapters than expected。 In fact， from the start of the book up until we finish with Ada， it feels like we only have three or four chapters with him and that it focuses more on Ada， bizarre！ Leon comes across as a do-gooder who really wants to help and do a good job but doesn't come across as naive， he is authoritative when needed and his story with Ada is unexpected well developed。 Again though， he doesn't deal with half as much of the madness and big bad monsters that Claire does。Ada Wong takes up the majority of Leon's story in this book which is a really strange way to write it， considering that Leon is a strong fan favourite and this is his and Claire's story。 Although， Ada's chapters are surprisingly interesting and mostly not too contrived。 Surprisingly because you would expect chapters based on Ada to ruin the mystery behind her character， however， the added emotional depth to her character is actually done very well and makes her， and her "love story" esque subplot with Leon， a lot more believable than in the game。Annette Birkin's chapters were okay， probably the least interesting of the bunch but not an unwelcome addition。 She is almost like a figure who pulls some strings behind the scenes to set off the endings events and ties certain story elements together。 A bit more concern for her daughter， Sherry， would have been nice though。 As this is a book based on a PS1 survival-horror game it comes with an expected level of campiness and fun。 If you like Resident Evil 2 then you will probably enjoy this book and how it does a rather good job of combining two stories into one cohesive narrative with just as an exciting ending as the source material （seriously， the ending with the countdown and multiple monster battles is quite exciting when you let yourself fall into the campy action and absurdity of it all， but that's Resident Evil in a nutshell really）。 Therefore， it is best enjoyed when you want something fun and easy to read inbetween anything more serious and are not expecting anything too serious。。。。more

Shannon Poole ， 2020-04-23 00:00

Another amazing installment in the series。 I love how fast paced these books are！

Michael ， 2020-03-28 00:00

As many others， I too enjoy the video games， but the continuity differences between the games and the books are not what takes away from this series。 For me， there were too many characters sharing “screen time” combined with the constant changing of the third-person narrative to the first person inner monologue seemed like it disrupted the overall flow of the story。 Because the story follows so many characters， there are two main final boss creatures， and that no one is ever in one location for As many others， I too enjoy the video games， but the continuity differences between the games and the books are not what takes away from this series。 For me， there were too many characters sharing “screen time” combined with the constant changing of the third-person narrative to the first person inner monologue seemed like it disrupted the overall flow of the story。 Because the story follows so many characters， there are two main final boss creatures， and that no one is ever in one location for too long; it honestly felt like I was reading two different books。。。。more

Scott Doherty ， 2020-03-26 00:00

" They must have died recently。。。 but they're not dead， dead people don't gush blood when you shoot them。 Not to mention the walking around and trying to eat people thing。。"On September 29， 1998， two months after the events of The Umbrella Conspiracy the Raccoon City has been infected by the T-Virus， a biological weapon secretly developed by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella Leon S。 Kennedy， a police officer on his first day of duty， and Claire Redfield， a college student looking for her broth " They must have died recently。。。 but they're not dead， dead people don't gush blood when you shoot them。 Not to mention the walking around and trying to eat people thing。。"On September 29， 1998， two months after the events of The Umbrella Conspiracy the Raccoon City has been infected by the T-Virus， a biological weapon secretly developed by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella Leon S。 Kennedy， a police officer on his first day of duty， and Claire Redfield， a college student looking for her brother Chris， make their separate ways to the Raccoon city unaware of the hell that is awaiting them。 Discovering the city is now a necropolis Claire and Leon make their to the RPD headquarters in hope of finding some means of escape。 However others have sought refuge in the precinct， and not all of them are on the same side。。。“City of the Dead” is the third novel of S。D。 Perry's novelisation of the Resident Evil series and follows the events laid out in the Resident Evil 2 video game。 The book follows pretty close to the game scenario with a few minor differences that arise in adaptations， but the fear and survival horror is still abundant and other characters have been fleshed out more which I found added so much to the story。 Again nostalgia drives my love for this book not as much as the first but I am a huge fan and I expect if you have a read with an open mind to the changes you will enjoy it as well。。。。more

Marshall Hanlon ， 2020-02-19 00:00

A solid translation that adds some tension in silent momentsThis is the novelization of the second resident evil game where Raccoon City falls prey to the ravages of the T virus， the stalking Mr。 X， the aftermath of Umbrella's treachery， and William Birkin's horrendous epitaph。 It has a plot already built in， the skeleton's of character's and world building， and tension coming from the actions of characters。 Seems like it isn't much， if you've already played the game。 So why recommend it？Because A solid translation that adds some tension in silent momentsThis is the novelization of the second resident evil game where Raccoon City falls prey to the ravages of the T virus， the stalking Mr。 X， the aftermath of Umbrella's treachery， and William Birkin's horrendous epitaph。 It has a plot already built in， the skeleton's of character's and world building， and tension coming from the actions of characters。 Seems like it isn't much， if you've already played the game。 So why recommend it？Because the novel decides to fill in the empty spaces。S。D。 Perry helps create 3D portrayals of pretty flat characters， while keeping them accurate to their video game counter parts。 Leon is still idealistic and kind of a boy scout， but now there's the uncertainty of it being hi first day and having to rely on instincts as opposed to what he's already figured out。 Claire is still a perfect big sister to Sherry， but its because she's the only one who is honest with her and treats her like a person。 Ada is still shady， but now her inner turmoil is on display and it makes her more believable。 Without controlling the characters in the game， the reader needs motivation for them to succeed and Perry creates reasons to support them。The climax is a bit wonky， with a few false finishes that are a part of the game and needed to be carried over in adaptation， but it doesn't spoil everything。 it's just the weaker part of the story， which seems to be consistent with the book series so far。Give it a read if you want some depth added to a classic game。。。。more

Jeremy Gonzales ， 2020-01-22 00:00

Pretty good for a licensed book

Tyler Stefko ， 2020-01-04 00:00

This was a good read and had more story to it than the game did。 Highly recommend for fans。

Alan ， 2019-12-04 00:00

I read the first two books in this series ages ago and I remember finding them to be average at best。 This one， however， was quite engaging and entertaining。 3。5/5

Mark Gannon ， 2019-11-10 00:00

Prolonged internal screamThat was my first reaction to this book。 Resident Evil 2 was the game of my childhood- the first game I actually owned and I game I come back to play on a regular basis。 Within the first few pages of the book I was going "What the bleep is this？ The narrative of the game has been mutilated。 It has been totally butchered。" With some online checking， I found out that the S。D。 Perry novels are considered to be an alternative version of the universe- which is good， in a Prolonged internal screamThat was my first reaction to this book。 Resident Evil 2 was the game of my childhood- the first game I actually owned and I game I come back to play on a regular basis。 Within the first few pages of the book I was going "What the bleep is this？ The narrative of the game has been mutilated。 It has been totally butchered。" With some online checking， I found out that the S。D。 Perry novels are considered to be an alternative version of the universe- which is good， in a way， because the game and book timelines wouldn't match for a start。 Lets not get started on characters- to my mind， a fair few of them have been mangled - Ada is a mysterious stranger， a shadowy participant that allows the games player to project various motives and attributes onto her- not some tough as nails operative who is overcome with puppy love。I suppose that the book has merit as a stand alone book。 Within the whole S。D。 Perry universe of Resident Evil， it fits quite well。 If you have played the games， wave good-bye to a large portion of the games subplots。 Some （such as the puzzles） you can understand the need to get rid off， but others， not so much。 I don't want to go dropping spoilers。 Two point five stars。。。。more

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