Resident Evil: Underworld
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Summary
Beneath the deserts of the American Southwest， one of the Umbrella Corporation's most elaborate facilities is about to go online。
Somewhere inside may also be the key to stopping Umbrella once and for all。。。 can Leon Kennedy， Claire Redfield， Rebecca Chambers， and their friends can get past a strike team of corrupt S。T。A。R。S。， and survive the genetically engineered horrors awaiting them？
Somewhere inside may also be the key to stopping Umbrella once and for all。。。 can Leon Kennedy， Claire Redfield， Rebecca Chambers， and their friends can get past a strike team of corrupt S。T。A。R。S。， and survive the genetically engineered horrors awaiting them？
Reviews
Lisa
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The story kicks off shortly after Leon and Claire’s escape from Raccoon City and includes the surviving characters from Caliban Cove as well as the author’s original character， Trent， a mysterious individual that is aiding the characters when it seems to serve his interests， whatever that might be。As this is an original story rather than being based on a game， there is less focus on direct confrontations and combat and more on stealth， espionage， subterfuge， and infiltration with the intent of g The story kicks off shortly after Leon and Claire’s escape from Raccoon City and includes the surviving characters from Caliban Cove as well as the author’s original character， Trent， a mysterious individual that is aiding the characters when it seems to serve his interests， whatever that might be。As this is an original story rather than being based on a game， there is less focus on direct confrontations and combat and more on stealth， espionage， subterfuge， and infiltration with the intent of gathering intelligence – Underworld truly is an apt title， and in more ways than one。There are indeed BOW’s and combat and in that respect， the book did not disappoint， though a good number of pages must be read before the first BOW makes its appearance。 Underworld’s strength is not being tied by a corresponding game， as certain events and dialogue does not translate that well from game to novel， in particular 90’s cheesy zombie games。 The pacing is by far the best of Perry’s Resident Evil books （that I have read） and there are no moments where the author is forced to justify cringy exchange of dialogue or nonsense actions。There is but one thing that prevents me from giving this book five stars。 Of the five protagonists， not everyone can have their equal amount of spotlight， but care should still be taken to avoid that a character feels superfluous。 While all five characters were， at some point， relevant for the story， more could have been done to keep Claire， in particular， relevant to and directly involved in the plot as there was a large segment where she was just sort of ‘there’。 。。。more
اینتاریوش
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این کتاب کاملا برخلاف انتظار خیلی خوب ظاهر شد؛ در ادامه داستان قبلی خودش با یه شروع خوب و هیجان انگیز و ادامه جذاب که حضور شخصیت های مهم مجموعه هم توش خیلی تاثیر داشت و یک پایان خوب با یک افشاگری زیبا。 فکر کنم تا اینجا بهترین داستان مجموعه اویل بوده。شروع داستان که درست در ادامه کتاب قبل و واقعا لذت بردم（نمیخوام اسپویل کنم ولی خیلی جذاب بود） اصلا شروع و پایان خوب سنت این مجموعه شده。 تو این داستان ما داستان بازمانده هایی رو داریم که تقریبا شخصیت های مهم داستان های قبل رو کنار هم قرار میده و یه تیم این کتاب کاملا برخلاف انتظار خیلی خوب ظاهر شد؛ در ادامه داستان قبلی خودش با یه شروع خوب و هیجان انگیز و ادامه جذاب که حضور شخصیت های مهم مجموعه هم توش خیلی تاثیر داشت و یک پایان خوب با یک افشاگری زیبا。 فکر کنم تا اینجا بهترین داستان مجموعه اویل بوده。شروع داستان که درست در ادامه کتاب قبل و واقعا لذت بردم（نمیخوام اسپویل کنم ولی خیلی جذاب بود） اصلا شروع و پایان خوب سنت این مجموعه شده。 تو این داستان ما داستان بازمانده هایی رو داریم که تقریبا شخصیت های مهم داستان های قبل رو کنار هم قرار میده و یه تیم آپ جذاب داریم （ماجرا وقتی جذاب تر میشه که بدونیم این کتاب یه داستان ناگفته ست چون نه از روش فیلم و انیمیشن ساخته شده و نه بازی و برای خودم هم خیلی تازه بود） بازمانده هایی که بین نیروهای دولتی و مامورین آمبرلا گیرافتادند و در عین حال میخوان به دشمن ضربه هم بزنن ولی فشار حملات بهشون اجازه نمیده تا وقتی حامی مرموزشون، ترنت جلو میاد。。。 همکاری و تعامل شخصیت های قبلی در کنار هم ترکیب جذابی هست و ما دوباره یه تمِ عملیاتی که در گذرگاه کالیبان داشتیم رو تجربه میکنیم البته بعضی قسمت ها پلات آرمور وجود داشت ولی خیلی اذیت نمیکرد。。。 شاید یکی از عوامل جذابیت ماجرا سمج بودن ویلن داستان و کشاکش و تغییر وضعیت برای شخصیت های اصلی بود موقعیتی که نبایست خطرناک می بود شدیدا خطرناک میشد و حس تعلیق بالا بود。。。یک عامل دیگه واقعا زیبایی کار جدا شدن داستان از اون حس بازگویی گیم و حس و حال گیم بود، یعنی اون فضایی که انگار داریم کارکتر رو که در حال دویدن و امتیاز گرفتن و پاورآپ هست رو دنبال میکنیم گه تو کتاب اول خیلی زیاد بود و در کتاب های بعدی کمتر شد و در این قسمت کاملا دیگه محو شاد و میتونم الان به این قسمت به دید یک داستان و یک کتاب مستقل نگاه کنم که چندان وامدار بازی نیست ومتن و توصیفات و روایت و دیالوگ ها و مونولوگ ها هم به یک کتاب نزدیک تر و بهتر شدن。。。یه چیز آزار دهنده این بود که ترنت و لیان یه مکالمه راجب ایدا داشتن ولی جز این اطلاعات دیگه ای رد وبدل نشد و این پر رمز و راز ترین شخصیت مجموعه رو همچنان کشف نشده باقی گذاشت。 （حیف☹）و در پایان داستان هم ما یه افشاگری زیبا داشتیم که جواب های زیادی به ما داد。 برخلاف قسمت های قبل که شروع و پایان خوب و بدنه داستان ضعیف تر بود این قسمت همه بخش ها خوب بودن و راضی بودم。 یک داستان استاندارد و خوب ولی نه عالی و فوق العاده。 。。。more
Mark Thomas
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Amusing action with beloved characters in an original work （non-canon？）。 Perry is finally hitting her stride。 4/5
Edward White
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As the fourth volume in Stephanie Perry's Resident Evil Universe， Perry brings together an adventure that is not worth remembering。 It should have died along with the citizens of Raccoon City。After finishing this book and reflecting on my thoughts， I am hard-pressed to say anything positive about this Resident Evil adaptation。 This book is marred with a poorly designed plot with even the worst plot holes。 Characters seem to lack intelligence and common sense as well， and a narrative yarn that bo As the fourth volume in Stephanie Perry's Resident Evil Universe， Perry brings together an adventure that is not worth remembering。 It should have died along with the citizens of Raccoon City。After finishing this book and reflecting on my thoughts， I am hard-pressed to say anything positive about this Resident Evil adaptation。 This book is marred with a poorly designed plot with even the worst plot holes。 Characters seem to lack intelligence and common sense as well， and a narrative yarn that borders on boredom。Story:The story takes place one month after Leon and Claire escaped the horrors of Raccoon City。 They are now teaming up with the remaining STARS Exeter Squad （David and John） and fan-favorite， Rebecca Chambers。 The team heads to Europe to aid fellow STARS members Barry， Chris， and Jill in stopping Umbrella。 Their plans are quickly interrupted by the mysterious Trent （a created character by Perry）。 He informs them of another secret facility in Utah that houses a 'black book' that holds all of Umbrella's secret。 From there， it is a lackluster adventure as our heroes go up against monstrous horrors and lab manager Reston。While the plot is not wholly original， its execution is severely flawed by the numerous plotholes in this book and the Deus ex Machina's use。 The biggest problems are around the 'heist' aspect of the book and the character of Trent。 For example， once it is finally revealed who Trent is at the end of this book， the entire plot falls apart。 It is established he is a leader within Umbrella and Reston's boss and intends on destroying the company。 Yet， he does not have access to all of Umbrella's secrets even though he has access to Umbrella's secrets。 So， why are they stealing this black book？ What is worst is he sends in the team with no blueprints， weapons， security layout of any kind to a lab that he has access to。 Moreover， the characters acknowledge this， and all hell breaks loose the second they get there。Another example of a plot-hole is that the characters need to find Reston who has all the information they seek。 But they have no idea what he looks like， even though Trent has met him。 If Trent is so hellbent on destroying Umbrella why does he send in a team so ill-prepared， he should at least give them a photograph！！！ It is this type of bull-shit writing that makes the whole experience so frustrating that it is impossible to find any joy in this book。Mind-blogging that Perry has these plot holes， acknowledges them but never attempts to explain or have an editor clean up this mess。 Because of these glaring problems， characters are so fundamentally stupid that it is challenging to give a crap about any of them。 Time and time again， they are saved or turn the tide because the plot magically commands it to be so。 Once the book finally ends， everything is left on an ambiguous note that does not correctly wrap up the experience。For fans looking for the tension and pacing that Stepahine is known for， they will not find it here。 Instead of undead horrors， we have dinosaurs。 It Resident Evil meets Jurassic Park。 The monsters are hardly threatening， and the danger is lacking as everyone is protected by plot-armor。 To say that this book is worth reading would be a disservice。 Perry delivers a book so badly written that the horror comes from its construction。 。。。more
Jakko23
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Really liked this one。 Found it very interesting that the 4th （5th？） movie followed a very similar plot。 I liked finding more out about the mysterious Trent and his role in this whole thing。With each passing book， I find them easier to read。 I think S。D。 Perry falls into the groove of telling these stories more and more with each book。S。D。 Perry is also a very cool person。
Zoe Attenbrorough
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It was good to dive back in to the seedy corporate world of resident evil especially with the oncoming next game installment of the Village ！So as per usual i have read this series out of order， this is book 4 in the series but i have already read the previous three and books five and six。 This one kicks off right after book 3。 We are back with some of S。T。A。R。S rebels with new Intel on the mysterious entity of what umbrella。The contact only known as Trent who assisted information being leaked i It was good to dive back in to the seedy corporate world of resident evil especially with the oncoming next game installment of the Village ！So as per usual i have read this series out of order， this is book 4 in the series but i have already read the previous three and books five and six。 This one kicks off right after book 3。 We are back with some of S。T。A。R。S rebels with new Intel on the mysterious entity of what umbrella。The contact only known as Trent who assisted information being leaked in raccoon city to Jill Valentine is back and acting as informant again to these rebels。 Tipping them off on a new facility known as the plant ran by one of white umbrellas head honcho's Reston。 The mission get in to the facility， find Reston and get his little black book full of everything they need to help take down umbrella！So yeah in short thats the book， loved it personally i took a break from this series for quite some time and this was the last one i owned i had yet to read。 I enjoyed delving back in to the world of resident evil， filled with biological nightmares and corpo monsters。 Throughout its quite high intensity action with the introduction of some pretty nasty but interesting creations 。 All in all a brill thrill ride a nice break and change of scene from the past few books I've read ！ 。。。more
Joe Currie
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Give me more zombie trash
Thammalux Chaopanon
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Michael
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Short， but sweet。 The author did a good job of really bringing the characters to life and creating a surprisingly interesting story that I was unsure about， being between the books “city of the dead” and “Nemesis”。 I think the main villain was portrayed very well， not so much as a bad guy being bad just because as is so often with resident evil， but the story told from his perspective makes him seem like a human being doing things because he is seeing things from a different point of view and no Short， but sweet。 The author did a good job of really bringing the characters to life and creating a surprisingly interesting story that I was unsure about， being between the books “city of the dead” and “Nemesis”。 I think the main villain was portrayed very well， not so much as a bad guy being bad just because as is so often with resident evil， but the story told from his perspective makes him seem like a human being doing things because he is seeing things from a different point of view and not actually evil。 Although I never felt like the book was boring or went too quick， I did feel like certain parts during the middle could have been expanded。 The use of one of the new characters felt like they were shoehorned in only to serve the purpose of getting the main characters where they needed to go。 I believe， the epilogue is what bumped it up to 4 stars for me。 。。。more
Lea M
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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
Miguel Angel
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Been an original story， is MILES better than Caliban Cove， although I can see how some fans might not like it。The scenario here is the war against Umbrella by a small group trying their best at a facility not yet ready。 Immersing us in test areas and experimented animals。 No zombies though， but challenges no the less and the genetic research umbrella is known for。Really liked it and how they managed to flesh out the characters in a。。。 Human way？ Still。。。。 Rebecca keeps being the fuckable 19yo。 R Been an original story， is MILES better than Caliban Cove， although I can see how some fans might not like it。The scenario here is the war against Umbrella by a small group trying their best at a facility not yet ready。 Immersing us in test areas and experimented animals。 No zombies though， but challenges no the less and the genetic research umbrella is known for。Really liked it and how they managed to flesh out the characters in a。。。 Human way？ Still。。。。 Rebecca keeps being the fuckable 19yo。 Really wish that changed。 。。。more
Alex S
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Interesting original story if not occasionally slightly difficult to follow。 Not quite as good as Caliban but was decent nonetheless。
Alex Farron
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I enjoyed this。 I liked the 4 zones and the thinking behind that， the monsters themselves were good， if strange。 I liked the pairings but I would have rather David and the girls went through the habitats with Cole， and Leon and John had been on the surface。 Claire and Rebecca felt very unnecessary in the grand scheme of things， and as I feel Leon gets enough attention it would have been nice to make the girls more relevant。 Also; NOOOOOOOO！ NOT COLE！ Why did the only decent newbie have to die？！ I enjoyed this。 I liked the 4 zones and the thinking behind that， the monsters themselves were good， if strange。 I liked the pairings but I would have rather David and the girls went through the habitats with Cole， and Leon and John had been on the surface。 Claire and Rebecca felt very unnecessary in the grand scheme of things， and as I feel Leon gets enough attention it would have been nice to make the girls more relevant。 Also; NOOOOOOOO！ NOT COLE！ Why did the only decent newbie have to die？！ I was actually hoping he woukdve joined them。One star knocked off， but still a good read， especially for fans of the series。 If you enjoyed the books so far then I'm sure you'll like this one。 。。。more
Jeff Jellets
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Unfortunately underwhelming。Underworld is the second all-original Resident Evil novel and， while I have generally been a fan of what author S。D。 Perry has done with this series， I keep hoping that with these new tales she’ll take the chance to stretch her considerable writing skills， take a few more chances， and avoid the formula of ex-S。T。A。R。S。 agents delving into a new Umbrella death-trap。 Unfortunately， Underworld is as by-the-numbers as this type of story can be， making it a tepid （at best） Unfortunately underwhelming。Underworld is the second all-original Resident Evil novel and， while I have generally been a fan of what author S。D。 Perry has done with this series， I keep hoping that with these new tales she’ll take the chance to stretch her considerable writing skills， take a few more chances， and avoid the formula of ex-S。T。A。R。S。 agents delving into a new Umbrella death-trap。 Unfortunately， Underworld is as by-the-numbers as this type of story can be， making it a tepid （at best） addition to this otherwise excellent series。The plot feels very much like a retread of Caliban Cove as the mysterious Mr。 Trent gives the S。T。A。R。S。 the dirt on yet another clandestine Umbrella laboratory – this one in Utah – which is predictably the habitat for new group of monstrous hybrids。 Unfortunately， the setting is an uninspired series of biospheres， the monsters feel a bit dull and generic， and most of the more interesting S。T。A。R。S。 get side-lined outside the facility by Umbrella goons for most of the tale。 The last few chapters of the book do pick-up the pace a bit， but the best parts of the book are where Perry fills in the gaps between the major video games and gives us the chance to spend some time with key characters like Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield。 Unfortunately， instead of stretching boundaries or really expanding the Resident Evil universe， this one feels like its treading water in a predictable series of shallows。Can’t say I’d recommend Underworld unless you are a die-hard fan of the franchise。 。。。more
Munirah Mn
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 1） Ok， no zombies。 The most disappointing part。 But I like the idea of creating a whole food chain of BOWs。2） Angry at the fact that the main RE characters seem to get sidelined here？！ At least you redeem Rebecca in the end there， but still， you nerfed her 😪3） It's always a revenge story beginning & end。 I don't mind that。 And a conspiracy within a conspiracy？ Yep。 Trent's motivation is a classic revenge story。 It's more of a meh thing， but I don't dislike it。4） A lot of conveniences。 Huh。 1） Ok， no zombies。 The most disappointing part。 But I like the idea of creating a whole food chain of BOWs。2） Angry at the fact that the main RE characters seem to get sidelined here？！ At least you redeem Rebecca in the end there， but still， you nerfed her 😪3） It's always a revenge story beginning & end。 I don't mind that。 And a conspiracy within a conspiracy？ Yep。 Trent's motivation is a classic revenge story。 It's more of a meh thing， but I don't dislike it。4） A lot of conveniences。 Huh。 。。。more
Luna
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Quienes me conocéis mínimamente sabéis que soy una fan absoluta de los videojuegos de Resident Evil， por lo que en los últimos años， poco a poco， he ido leyendo los libros de la saga que S。D。 Perry fue sacando hace ya años。Si bien no los he leído seguidos， si guardo gratos recuerdos de los libros， e incluso el que no es canon （La Ensenada Calibán） porque， aunque sé que su calidad no es de lo mejor que me he topado suelo opinar más de lo que me ha hecho sentir que en lo objetivo se refiere （aunqu Quienes me conocéis mínimamente sabéis que soy una fan absoluta de los videojuegos de Resident Evil， por lo que en los últimos años， poco a poco， he ido leyendo los libros de la saga que S。D。 Perry fue sacando hace ya años。Si bien no los he leído seguidos， si guardo gratos recuerdos de los libros， e incluso el que no es canon （La Ensenada Calibán） porque， aunque sé que su calidad no es de lo mejor que me he topado suelo opinar más de lo que me ha hecho sentir que en lo objetivo se refiere （aunque por supuesto intento no dejo totalmente la objetividad de lado， y si alguna vez animé a alguien a leer estos libros fue a gente fan de los videojuegos， de no ser así me abstenía）。Pero es que Inframundo es jodidamente aburrido。Vale， sí， este libro NO es canon pero aún así no aporta ningún tipo de riqueza。 A pesar de que reúne a tres personajes que considero de mis favoritos （Leon， Claire y Rebecca） no hay ninguna escena memorable entre ellos （y eso que， en cuanto a mi gusto personal se refiere， intenta emparejar a una pareja que me encanta， aunque todos sabemos que menos canon imposible）， los enemigos que aparecen aquí me han parecido patéticos y， lo más mortal de todo: ABSOLUTAMENTE TODO ES PREDECIBLE。No， no estoy exagerando。 Una vez baja el grupo del avión iba adivinando como avanzaba la trama hasta el mismísimo final。 Iba leyendo el libro y no paraba de pensar: no lo voy a volver a leer en mi vida。 Si un libro te hace pensar así mal vamos。 Y ojo， todos los anteriores no eran de diez pero mantenían bastante bien el tipo y algunas situaciones eran disfrutables （hablando siempre como fan， recuerdo）。Ah， y la situación que crea los propios protagonistas en el final del libro es de todo menos lógico por cierto。 No puedo especificar más por tema spoilers pero va en contra de su propio código。En fin， resumiendo: ha resultado ser una decepción de novela como fan de la saga que soy。 Enemigos que， quizá menos uno， son de todo menos interesantes， mortalmente aburrido y predecible a más no poder。 No aprovecha en absoluto la autora que puede hacer historias más allá de los videojuegos y ha perdido una oportunidad de oro con los personajes que reúne aquí。Estaba dudando entre ponerle una estrella o dos。 Creo que al final una porque de verdad， lo único bueno que saco es que me gusta los personajes que ha reunido y un ligero fanservice que me agrada en lo personal。 Y ya。Cada cual es libre de darle una oportunidad si lo desea， no quiero cerrar las puertas a nadie。 Pero por mi parte， no lo recomiendo。 。。。more
Víctor Ros López
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A pesar de ser corto， se hace pesado y no aporta nada a la saga。
Tatiana
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Para ser uno de los libros de la autora que no esta basado en ninguno de los videojuegos， me ha gustado bastante。 Cortito y fácil de leer y muy en la linea de los anteriores aunque mas enfocado en la acción y menos en la intriga。 Lo malo es que tiene algunas erratas y palabras que se repiten。。。algo que ya ocurría en las anteriores entregas。 Continuo con la saga con muchas ganas de leer los dos libros siguientes。
Alan
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Better than the first two RE books， not as good as the last one。
Marcin Kowalski
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Another spin-off。 Again， I think Perry is better at adapting， than filling in blanc's。 Another spin-off。 Again， I think Perry is better at adapting， than filling in blanc's。 。。。more
Diego
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3。5
Vicky
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Decent speedy read， reminds me a bit of the Resident Evil Retribution movie with the room simulations。
Ajeje Brazov
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2 stelle e mezzaQuarto capitolo tratto dalla saga di videogames più conosciuta sugli zombie。Questo libro ha il pregio di avere una scrittura molto scorrevole， solo che pare di leggere la sceneggiatura di un film， c'è poca caratterizzazione dei personaggi， si legge poco di ciò che sta dietro a tutto， la storia del virus， la Umbrella sono descritti in modo molto approssimativo。 Il libro è solo azione， che giustamente rende poco sotto forma di libro。 I videogames e poi i film hanno una resa miglior 2 stelle e mezzaQuarto capitolo tratto dalla saga di videogames più conosciuta sugli zombie。Questo libro ha il pregio di avere una scrittura molto scorrevole， solo che pare di leggere la sceneggiatura di un film， c'è poca caratterizzazione dei personaggi， si legge poco di ciò che sta dietro a tutto， la storia del virus， la Umbrella sono descritti in modo molto approssimativo。 Il libro è solo azione， che giustamente rende poco sotto forma di libro。 I videogames e poi i film hanno una resa migliore， secondo me。。。 。。。more
Jamie Murdock
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Pure brain candy but I adore the unabashed campy thrill of it all。
Sierra
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I was good really， good。 I book are way better than the movies， for one S。D。Perry is brilliant when writing and describing everything。 Second， it truly based off the games which isn't just "zombie" it more about the mutations and engineered monsters。 Plus going more in-depth with umbrella corruption and explanations。It's a really good book if you like thrilling， monster fighting， adventure。 I was good really， good。 I book are way better than the movies， for one S。D。Perry is brilliant when writing and describing everything。 Second， it truly based off the games which isn't just "zombie" it more about the mutations and engineered monsters。 Plus going more in-depth with umbrella corruption and explanations。It's a really good book if you like thrilling， monster fighting， adventure。 。。。more
Vassia Dimokosta
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Real nice， and with a beautiful ending。 You know what they say， what goes around， comes around。。。
Jeremy Blum
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Underworld isn't quite as engaging as the earlier books in Perry's Resident Evil series， mostly because it takes a while to get going。 I think the first fight with anything resembling a bio-organic weapon happens after two thirds of the book is already finished！ Also， Underworld essentially recycles the formula that Perry used in Caliban Cove， her last original RE novel （which is better IMO）， and basically creates a little side-trip scenario for our main characters that has them investigate an u Underworld isn't quite as engaging as the earlier books in Perry's Resident Evil series， mostly because it takes a while to get going。 I think the first fight with anything resembling a bio-organic weapon happens after two thirds of the book is already finished！ Also， Underworld essentially recycles the formula that Perry used in Caliban Cove， her last original RE novel （which is better IMO）， and basically creates a little side-trip scenario for our main characters that has them investigate an underground Umbrella facility in the desert。 The facility itself， called the "Planet，" is cool， and anyone who's played Parasite Eve 2 will find it amusing how it coincidentally mirrors that game's final area。 It's filled with different environments ranging from a forest to city， and each sector is populated by mostly new creatures that Perry came up with for this book。 The are some nifty ideas for B。O。W。s that I wouldn't mind Capcom stealing， like mutated mountain goats and a variant of Tyrant with a T-Rex head， which might sound dumb to you but is the type of shit I love。The main nitpick I have is that this Planet mission undertaken by our zombie hunting crew - Leon， Claire， Rebecca & David and John （two characters from Caliban Cove） - is ultimately a distraction from their impending trip to help Chris Redfield and our friends from book 1 smoke out Umbrella's base in Europe。 The whole idea of an "Umbrella Europe" was actually something the games cockteased only to never actually make good on， and it's unfortunate that S。D。 Perry has been hyping up the concept in her fan-fictiony universe so far。 When you see that the only novels left in this series are Nemesis， Code: Veronica and Zero Hour， none of which feature that ultimate European confrontation （Code: Veronica doesn't really count）， it becomes clear that the overarching plot and climatic "final battle with Umbrella" that Perry has been setting up will remain unfinished in the end。 Which makes Underworld seem unnecessary in the grand scheme of things。 I almost wish Perry had left her second original RE novel for the very end where she at least could have resolved the entire story she erected， instead of giving us this in-betweener。Ah well。 Still， a diverting read with a T-Rex Tyrant ain't a bad way to spend a few hours。 。。。more
Elise
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I liked the previous one better。 This one had a more defined plot， but felt more contrived。
Jessica
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Underworld is the second original story in the Resident Evil series after Caliban Cove， featuring nothing from the games。 And， let me tell you， it really sucked。 Here's the thing。 When I read a book that's meant to be based in a video game series， I'd like some resemblance to the games。 Underworld doesn't feature that。 Instead， it does it's own thing that really has nothing to do with Resident Evil， and it's exceptionally boring in the process。 The previous RE books gave spotlight to the game c Underworld is the second original story in the Resident Evil series after Caliban Cove， featuring nothing from the games。 And， let me tell you， it really sucked。 Here's the thing。 When I read a book that's meant to be based in a video game series， I'd like some resemblance to the games。 Underworld doesn't feature that。 Instead， it does it's own thing that really has nothing to do with Resident Evil， and it's exceptionally boring in the process。 The previous RE books gave spotlight to the game characters， but Underworld doesn't do that。 Instead， it gives focus to three of Perry's original characters - John， David and Reston - and none of them are interesting and appealing。 Reading about them is like going into a fanfic of your favorite series， but it suddenly has OCs that weren't mentioned in the description playing at the spotlight stealing squad。 The three actual RE characters - Claire， Rebecca and Leon - take a backseat to John and David particularly， even thinking about how cool they are at times。 They aren't cool。 They're a disappointment。 I'm not against having original characters in franchise novels - I read them all the time。 But， it's such a disappointment to have the game characters be present but essentially be sidekicks to such unappealing characters。 Don't even get me started on Trent， Perry's original character who is apparently super important and mysterious and controlling how everything goes。 It's like she was trying to make a maybe good guy Wesker， and it's just。。。 ick。 The plot's boring。 As much as there's a lot of action， none of it's interesting to read about。 At times， I had to skim through it just to make it through a scene。 Really， it just feels more of the same of Caliban Cove， which was the worst part of the series。 It's not the worst part of the series anymore， though， as Underworld takes the title from it。 Lastly， it has nothing to really do with Resident Evil。 Just because you shoehorn some characters from the games in and tell me the villains are Umbrella， it doesn't mean that this is a Resident Evil book。 It's just bad fanfiction。Skip Underworld。 Move on to the next book that actually has something to do with the game。 。。。more
Gonzalo Morales
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