Skin Game (Dark Angel) by Max Allan Collins
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Book Reviews of Skin Game (Dark Angel)
Book Review: Not too shabby...
Summary: 4 Stars
This book picks up where the tv show left off. Again the author makes it seem just like the show and revealed some plots and answered some questions that season 3 would have elaborated on. I found it some what like silence of the lambs the more I read but in the end of the book you see why it was so. I again recommend this book to any dark angel fan who was disappointed not to get a season 3.Book Review: Dark Angel Skin Game
Summary: 4 Stars
Loved this book. Gave the prequel / set-up to the TV series Dark Angel. However, would probably not be enjoyed by someone who is not familiar with the series. I found it very well-written with the characters' actions and dialogue very true to those on the show.Book Review: Cool book
Summary: 4 Stars
It`s good to read about this amazing story and to know what could have happened if it had not benn cancelled. I like this bookBook Review: Badly written literature
Summary: 3 Stars
I've read Skin Game and After the Dark in hope of learning what happened after the exciting events at the end of Dark Angel's 2nd seasons, and I'm disappointed. The books suffer from several problems, including:
Certain plot lines were dropped. The runes were a dramatic & important part of the last chapters of the 2nd season. The runes are mentioned only once, toward the end of After the Dark, to acknowledge the runes' appearance on Max's body.
Some plot lines, such as finding Sandeman & Max's mother, were left open, possibly in order to leave the door open for more books depending on the success of Skin Game and After the Dark.
The text is repetitive, reiterating material from the TV series.
The books contradict the series on certain points, such as Logan being unable to walk without the exoskeleton.
Other problems are due to the attempt to close the rich and complex series with the equivalent of two episodes, where a dozen would probably be required.
One such problem is using deus ex machina like solutions to certain problems, such as to remove the siege on terminal city and removing the anti-logan virus from Max's blood.
Another is the lack of development in the characters. Combined with the repetitive use of phrases to remind the reader of the characters from the series, it gives the effect of flatness or even caricatures.
Book Review: Glorified fan fiction
Summary: 3 Stars
While I loved Max Allen Collin's characterisation of Alec and Joshua, I was disappointed in his overall writing style. It's clear he can't write fighting scenes (a couple of punches and the fight is over, there's not enough detail for the reader to 'see'), and certain plotlines were too difficult to swallow. He spent too much time describing the events of Freak Nation which I had an urge to skip (why waste so much of his word count recapping in detail what we've already seen, when he could be expanding more upon the post-Freak Nation story?).
At times it's obvious he's writing for a generation too young for him to really understand, and of characters he really can't get the feel for (asides from Alec and Joshua who I think he nailed perfectly). When Max ponders over her love for Logan his description is stiff and old fashioned feeling - cheesy Mills & Boon even!
Basically, this story left me feeling that nothing had really been accomplished. As someone else has already said, they should've commissioned a younger writer to tackle this novel! In all honestly, I've read much better Dark Angel fan fiction.