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The Invasion (2000)

by William Meikle(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: Having heard lots of good things about Meikle's work from plenty of GR members, I looked forward to my first time reading a novel of his...and to be completely honest, was a little underwhelmed. Not a bad book, but not one that knocked my socks off either. I'd read that this was his first novel, and perhaps his freshman effort should be viewed as such. Few formatting issues and typos made for some distractions, but the story did move along swiftly for most of the read. Set in current times, the novel is a blend of horror and scifi, where the planet is invaded by a deadly green ashy snow, which kills instantly and destroys the plant and animal life...only to breed some extreme alien life forms. Sleek black egg shaped craft appear along with the requisite larger motherc... moreraft follow to continue the world destruction. Survivors hunker down across the continents, including a female Canadian scientist, a survivalist, professor, and the usual military folks. During the course of things, they all come together, with a narrow albeit somewhat plausible way to stop the Invasion. Despite the aforementoned errors and plot weaknesses, this still makes for a fun scifi/horror akin to War of the Worlds or Independence Day.
review 2: A great apocalyptic disaster story. One of those novels which wastes no time jumping into the fray and getting you hooked immediately. An invasion story which begins as a bizarre tale of Nature Gone Awry only to soon reveal that the source of the flesh-melting green snow covering the world is not from this Earth. The story alternates from the perspectives of two characters as the sense of hopelessness for the human race builds throughout the novel. The characters themselves are good though could be fleshed out (so to speak) a little better, especially the main female protagonist Alice Noble, but they are real enough, and the events around them horrific enough, to make this a fast, scary and enjoyable horror novel. This was my first Meikle novel but definitely not the last. Nice job with this one. less

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