You know when sometimes you read a book or watch a movie
and certain plot points or ideas are reminiscent of those from other books and
films? Well get ready for a lot of déjà vu as we take a look at The Enemy, the
second book in The Visitors Saga.
If you’ve not read my review of the first
installation I will some it up as this - aliens kidnap everyone except a few
teenagers and they are trying to escape monsters and get to Washington.
The second one takes off where the first left off
with would-be-hero Charlie Freeman being strapped to a medical bed and told he’s
gone insane. He’s also told that he has in fact just hallucinated the aliens
and the events of the previous few days outlined in the original novel. This
concept is strung out for a bit then dashed - making the first part of the
story completely pointless.
Anyway, Charlie is rescued by his friends and they
set about getting to Washington (again). The story does pick up a lot at this
point with a lot of action and genuinely edge-of-the-sate moments as the humans
try to escape the flesh-hungry Grimms. Also thrown into the mix is the
revelation that the Grimms can absorb human DNA and essentially becom
e like
people. Once Charlie and his friends reach Washington however, the story
unravels again.
Like the original novel, The Enemy is not a bad book.
It has some great moments, a pretty cover and occasionally an original idea of
its own, but it’s let down by poor editing, cardboard cut-out characters, a pantomime
villain and too many borrowed ideas from other sci-fi legends.
It gets 5/10.
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