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Resident Evil #3
Resident Evil: Extinction
Following the events of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," the beautiful, dangerous, enigmatic Alice returns, and this time she and her fellow survivor Carlos Olivera are running with a pack of humans led by a new ally, Claire Redfield. Together they are cutting through the wastelands of the United States on a long trek to Alaska. Hunted by the minions of the scheming Dr. Isaacs, Alice has zombies hungry for her flesh and the Umbrella Corporation's monstrous lab rats hungry for her blood...while Alice herself hungers only for revenge.
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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December 19, 2019
I have a couple of Resident Evil poster and this book cover is one of them.
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
August 20, 2020
They thought that they had killed of the T-virus with the nuking of Raccoon City, but they were wrong and now its is airborn and everywhere. Jill, Carlos and the mighty Alice Abernathy along with new ally Claire Redfildare the only forces that are left to take on both the Zombies and the evil Umbella Corportion, the people that unleased this plauge on the earth.
I have to say that I really liked "Resident Evil Extinction" by Keith DeCandido. I liked the fact that the writer took the time to retell the ending of the second Resident Evil movie, so reader could catch up with the storyline. I loved the action and can't wait for the see the movie.
I have to say that I really liked "Resident Evil Extinction" by Keith DeCandido. I liked the fact that the writer took the time to retell the ending of the second Resident Evil movie, so reader could catch up with the storyline. I loved the action and can't wait for the see the movie.
April 12, 2017
"April 12, 2017 –
60.0% "We have a mission,......"
April 11, 2017 –
15.0% "For what to be ready?
...
For the future... which is difficult to be swallowed?"
April 11, 2017 –
5.0% "That's what happens behind the walls... limitations... possibility... everything in one place... and who is who in real?"
April 11, 2017 – Started Reading"
60.0% "We have a mission,......"
April 11, 2017 –
15.0% "For what to be ready?
...
For the future... which is difficult to be swallowed?"
April 11, 2017 –
5.0% "That's what happens behind the walls... limitations... possibility... everything in one place... and who is who in real?"
April 11, 2017 – Started Reading"
September 5, 2021
This is book three of the Resident Evil series, and it was much better than the second book. The second book’s depiction of L.J., an African American, was filled with exaggerated stereotypes of a black man. This third novelization made him far more realistic and sympathetic character.
I finally know what really happened to Angie from the second movie, as well as to why Alice felt she needed to be an outcast for so long. I also love the almost-romance and loyalty she had with Carlos; they were the most realistic for each other, both betrayed by the Umbrella Corporation, similar training and service records, and had great chemistry. I honestly wish the author had included the kiss from the movie as well as the feelings behind it, but he did not.
I really enjoyed getting to know all the characters more, as well as getting to know Jill’s story going forward and why she was separated from the convoy, Carlos, and L.J.
If you enjoyed the movies, you’ll enjoy this novelization.
I finally know what really happened to Angie from the second movie, as well as to why Alice felt she needed to be an outcast for so long. I also love the almost-romance and loyalty she had with Carlos; they were the most realistic for each other, both betrayed by the Umbrella Corporation, similar training and service records, and had great chemistry. I honestly wish the author had included the kiss from the movie as well as the feelings behind it, but he did not.
I really enjoyed getting to know all the characters more, as well as getting to know Jill’s story going forward and why she was separated from the convoy, Carlos, and L.J.
If you enjoyed the movies, you’ll enjoy this novelization.
September 20, 2008
I wish the movie was like this book. This book is so cool and it's better than the movie because the movie left out a lot of things. The book is full of action as Alice fights off zombies, dead dogs, birds, and stronger and deadlier zombies and monsters. The coolest part is when Alice was fighting zombies in Las Vegas and fought Dr. Isaacs in a lab. This book ending in a cliffhanger so it's possible there would be a forth book and movie!
Alice comes back with more and stronger powers trying to find Dr. Isaacs as he tried to find her. The whole world is a wasteland and almost everyone in the world are killed and infected. Jill went her on way and left Alice, LJ, Carlos, and Angie. Alice finally found him in a military base. Dr. Isaacs controlled her and made her kill Angie. Alice fought and gain control and ran after Dr. Isaacs. He ran and hopped on a helicopter and flew off. Alice ran off leaving LJ and Carlos behind because she doesn't want Dr. Isaacs to control her again and make her kill them or other people. Carlos and LJ try to find her but failed. They bumped into a pack of living humans who were led by Claire Redfield. LJ fell in love with the pack's nurse, Betty. Alice traveled the Nevada desert in search for Dr. Isaac and the Umbrella Corp for turning her into a "freak" and for killing Angie. Jill meet some survivors and made a pack of her own. LJ was bitten by a zombie as he search a hotel for food and other materials. He didn't tell anyone about it, so no one will get worried. In the morning, they were attacked by birds. Betty and 10 others were killed by the zombie birds. The others were saved by Alice as she controlled fire from the flamethrower with her mind! Alice told Claire that Alaska is isolated and freed from infection. She traveled with them to Las Vegas and the city was invested with zombies. A lot of people got killed and LJ turned into a zombie and bit Carlos. Carlos shot LJ and Alice got controlled by Dr. Isaacs again. The satilite had a malfunction and Alice gain control. She found out that Dr. Isaacs is near. She ran into a building and on to the roof. She found a tent and shot everyone in there as Dr. Isaacs ran to the helicopter. He was bit by a stronger zombie and retreat to his labratory. Alice traced the helicopter by using a computer which showed her that he went to a lab in the outskirts of Las Vegas. The lab was inside of a wire fence which kept the zombies out. 100s of zombies surrounded the wired fence. Carlos helped her get into the labratory by driving an 18 wheeler into the fence. When he droved to the lab, the truck fell on its side. Carlos sacrifice himself by lighting up some TNT and exploding a lot of zombies. Alice and the others drove to the lab area. Claire and her pack went into a helicopter and traveled to Alaska, but Alice stayed behind. Alice found out that Dr. Isaacs is making clones of her to make a cure. Dr. Isaacs injected himself with the anti-virus a lot to cure the T-virus, but it mutated him. Alice went into the lab and encountered an Artifical Intelgence program called the White Queen who is the sister of the Red Queen. The White Queen told Alice that her blood is the cure and Dr. Isaacs went crazy. Alice went to the underground lab to face him. She found him near a clone of herself. She fought him and bumped into a lazer room. Dr. Isaacs was killed by the lazers and Alice was saved by her clone. Alice now has a clone army and was ready to go to Japan to stop Umbrella.
Alice comes back with more and stronger powers trying to find Dr. Isaacs as he tried to find her. The whole world is a wasteland and almost everyone in the world are killed and infected. Jill went her on way and left Alice, LJ, Carlos, and Angie. Alice finally found him in a military base. Dr. Isaacs controlled her and made her kill Angie. Alice fought and gain control and ran after Dr. Isaacs. He ran and hopped on a helicopter and flew off. Alice ran off leaving LJ and Carlos behind because she doesn't want Dr. Isaacs to control her again and make her kill them or other people. Carlos and LJ try to find her but failed. They bumped into a pack of living humans who were led by Claire Redfield. LJ fell in love with the pack's nurse, Betty. Alice traveled the Nevada desert in search for Dr. Isaac and the Umbrella Corp for turning her into a "freak" and for killing Angie. Jill meet some survivors and made a pack of her own. LJ was bitten by a zombie as he search a hotel for food and other materials. He didn't tell anyone about it, so no one will get worried. In the morning, they were attacked by birds. Betty and 10 others were killed by the zombie birds. The others were saved by Alice as she controlled fire from the flamethrower with her mind! Alice told Claire that Alaska is isolated and freed from infection. She traveled with them to Las Vegas and the city was invested with zombies. A lot of people got killed and LJ turned into a zombie and bit Carlos. Carlos shot LJ and Alice got controlled by Dr. Isaacs again. The satilite had a malfunction and Alice gain control. She found out that Dr. Isaacs is near. She ran into a building and on to the roof. She found a tent and shot everyone in there as Dr. Isaacs ran to the helicopter. He was bit by a stronger zombie and retreat to his labratory. Alice traced the helicopter by using a computer which showed her that he went to a lab in the outskirts of Las Vegas. The lab was inside of a wire fence which kept the zombies out. 100s of zombies surrounded the wired fence. Carlos helped her get into the labratory by driving an 18 wheeler into the fence. When he droved to the lab, the truck fell on its side. Carlos sacrifice himself by lighting up some TNT and exploding a lot of zombies. Alice and the others drove to the lab area. Claire and her pack went into a helicopter and traveled to Alaska, but Alice stayed behind. Alice found out that Dr. Isaacs is making clones of her to make a cure. Dr. Isaacs injected himself with the anti-virus a lot to cure the T-virus, but it mutated him. Alice went into the lab and encountered an Artifical Intelgence program called the White Queen who is the sister of the Red Queen. The White Queen told Alice that her blood is the cure and Dr. Isaacs went crazy. Alice went to the underground lab to face him. She found him near a clone of herself. She fought him and bumped into a lazer room. Dr. Isaacs was killed by the lazers and Alice was saved by her clone. Alice now has a clone army and was ready to go to Japan to stop Umbrella.
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February 19, 2020
This movie was always my least favorite of the whole series... Until I read the book. Man, if only they made that into the movie, instead of what we got!
Loved it!
Loved it!
October 13, 2019
This is the third and final book from the Resident Evil series that was written by this author as the films came out. I very much enjoyed the first two books in the series and their films. This was certainly the weakest book so far and I've already heard that it is the weakest film so I'm not going in to watching the film with any great expectation based on this plot. I've also been told through other reviews that this book includes background on characters which is only in the book and not the film. Right. I think I'm up to speed now!
After the nuclear bomb being dropped on Raccoon City, Umbrella think that they have dodged a bullet by declaring it as an accidental meltdown. They are confident that they have taken out the threat and covered up their mistakes-until a small outbreak occurs at their facility in San Fransisco. As they struggle to deal with that, other sporadic outbreaks start to pop up around the United States. Umbrella continue to search for a better cure and a way to get Project Alice back under their control but Sam Isaacs is secretly working on a new super zombie that he hopes to be able to domesticate, and an army of clones that he hopes can be just as good as the original Alice. Meanwhile the various survivors from the various outbreaks all try to survive in the new world.
The first issue with this book is the confusing timelines. In the bulk of the book, each chapter name is called either before or after. It took me a while to work out that this seemed to mean Before the US wide outbreak and After the US wide outbreak. The thing that was confusing is the timeline jumped around a lot in the Before part AND the After part so it was hard to work out in the Before chapters which events happened in which order. It was also the same in the After timeline, trying to work out what happened in what order then too. The final part of the book at last just deals with events of the present day which comes as something of a relief. I had to take notes on everything to give me a chance of writing a coherant review.
Alice was captured after the helicopter crash outside Raccoon City and awoke inside Sam's lab which she quickly escapes from. She is unaware that new alterations have been made to her including a way to track her and for Sam to exert control over her when needed. She rejoins Carlos, Jill, Angie and LJ and start planning a new way to expose what Umbrella did. But the group soon breaks up when Alice's recall is triggered and she is summoned to the Detroit HQ. Alice is stronger than he thinks and escapes again but not without consequences. After this Alice decides to go lone wolf so she cannot endanger her friends, while evading Umbrella and dealing with assorted zombies and psychos she encounters on the road. Jill is on the road on her own, no longer wanting to rely on other people but when she finds a situation that cries out for law enforcement, she can't turn away.
Before the big outbreak, Carlos tries to hold his little group together to fight back against the company but circumstances rip them all apart. Carlos and LJ start linking up with other survivors, trying out zombie strike teams alongside the big convoy. They believe that there is safety in numbers, and with new leader Claire, they set off across America trying to survive and gather the supplies that they need. However it is not just the zombies that are a problem as they have a horrific run in with some zombie wildlife. Now they hear of a possible safe compound in Alaska that they could go to but is it just a fantasy or will it really offer safe haven? And will Umbrella do something else to mess up their plans?
The San Fransisco outbreak occurs when a doctor who was working at the Raccoon City gates during their outbreak is evacuated to another facility and then turns. Sam is furious about the mistake but concentrates on his own medical experiements. He is trying to find the ultimate Alice clone to use as controlling the original is proving more problematic than expected. He tests them in a replica of the mansion and HIVE defences but so far all have failed. He is also having varied success with his super zombie experiment, making them stronger and faster but not being able to control them. However there are always uses for a super zombie and Sam has no qualms about using them to get what he wants.
I didn't like the timeline jumping around so much. When we got the start of each chapter I was having to stop and work out where we actually were in the overall story and I found that really annoying. It was confusing and stopped the flow of the story in its tracks. I've never been a great fan of this time jumping thing in books for that reason as it can be difficult to follow. The book suffers from confusion as well with the original group members being together and apart frequently through the two timelines-ugh it was really frustrating! I was also mad that this book reads more like a complete massacre. Yes I expect to lose characters in a zombie book but not to have virtually all of them die in one book. That was pretty disappointing. I don't know which of these scenes occur in the film but I'm now worried I'll hate the film.
I've struggled over how to rate this book. I did actually enjoy watching what Sam was getting up to more than anything else in the book. I liked his replica HIVE experiments, the super zombie creation and his run ins with Alice. I liked the bits with LJ and Carlos but found the Jill storyline somewhat dull. Some of what Alice was doing was interesting and other bits not so much. I enjoyed the scenes with the dogs and the crows. There were a lot of things that did annoy me so my rating has dropped accordingly as this was an average zombie read compared to other books.
After the nuclear bomb being dropped on Raccoon City, Umbrella think that they have dodged a bullet by declaring it as an accidental meltdown. They are confident that they have taken out the threat and covered up their mistakes-until a small outbreak occurs at their facility in San Fransisco. As they struggle to deal with that, other sporadic outbreaks start to pop up around the United States. Umbrella continue to search for a better cure and a way to get Project Alice back under their control but Sam Isaacs is secretly working on a new super zombie that he hopes to be able to domesticate, and an army of clones that he hopes can be just as good as the original Alice. Meanwhile the various survivors from the various outbreaks all try to survive in the new world.
The first issue with this book is the confusing timelines. In the bulk of the book, each chapter name is called either before or after. It took me a while to work out that this seemed to mean Before the US wide outbreak and After the US wide outbreak. The thing that was confusing is the timeline jumped around a lot in the Before part AND the After part so it was hard to work out in the Before chapters which events happened in which order. It was also the same in the After timeline, trying to work out what happened in what order then too. The final part of the book at last just deals with events of the present day which comes as something of a relief. I had to take notes on everything to give me a chance of writing a coherant review.
Alice was captured after the helicopter crash outside Raccoon City and awoke inside Sam's lab which she quickly escapes from. She is unaware that new alterations have been made to her including a way to track her and for Sam to exert control over her when needed. She rejoins Carlos, Jill, Angie and LJ and start planning a new way to expose what Umbrella did. But the group soon breaks up when Alice's recall is triggered and she is summoned to the Detroit HQ. Alice is stronger than he thinks and escapes again but not without consequences. After this Alice decides to go lone wolf so she cannot endanger her friends, while evading Umbrella and dealing with assorted zombies and psychos she encounters on the road. Jill is on the road on her own, no longer wanting to rely on other people but when she finds a situation that cries out for law enforcement, she can't turn away.
Before the big outbreak, Carlos tries to hold his little group together to fight back against the company but circumstances rip them all apart. Carlos and LJ start linking up with other survivors, trying out zombie strike teams alongside the big convoy. They believe that there is safety in numbers, and with new leader Claire, they set off across America trying to survive and gather the supplies that they need. However it is not just the zombies that are a problem as they have a horrific run in with some zombie wildlife. Now they hear of a possible safe compound in Alaska that they could go to but is it just a fantasy or will it really offer safe haven? And will Umbrella do something else to mess up their plans?
The San Fransisco outbreak occurs when a doctor who was working at the Raccoon City gates during their outbreak is evacuated to another facility and then turns. Sam is furious about the mistake but concentrates on his own medical experiements. He is trying to find the ultimate Alice clone to use as controlling the original is proving more problematic than expected. He tests them in a replica of the mansion and HIVE defences but so far all have failed. He is also having varied success with his super zombie experiment, making them stronger and faster but not being able to control them. However there are always uses for a super zombie and Sam has no qualms about using them to get what he wants.
I didn't like the timeline jumping around so much. When we got the start of each chapter I was having to stop and work out where we actually were in the overall story and I found that really annoying. It was confusing and stopped the flow of the story in its tracks. I've never been a great fan of this time jumping thing in books for that reason as it can be difficult to follow. The book suffers from confusion as well with the original group members being together and apart frequently through the two timelines-ugh it was really frustrating! I was also mad that this book reads more like a complete massacre. Yes I expect to lose characters in a zombie book but not to have virtually all of them die in one book. That was pretty disappointing. I don't know which of these scenes occur in the film but I'm now worried I'll hate the film.
I've struggled over how to rate this book. I did actually enjoy watching what Sam was getting up to more than anything else in the book. I liked his replica HIVE experiments, the super zombie creation and his run ins with Alice. I liked the bits with LJ and Carlos but found the Jill storyline somewhat dull. Some of what Alice was doing was interesting and other bits not so much. I enjoyed the scenes with the dogs and the crows. There were a lot of things that did annoy me so my rating has dropped accordingly as this was an average zombie read compared to other books.
March 10, 2009
if you didn't get to see what you wanted to in the movie, i.e. details, backgrounds, tidbits of random knowledge - read this book, most likely it will fill you in on what you dont know or missed.
April 10, 2015
Kick-Ass Alice at her best.
May 31, 2021
Resident Evil: Extinction by Keith R.A. Decandido is a Novelization based on 2007 Paul Anderson film “Resident Evil: Extinction” the third film of the Resident Evil Alice Trilogy. RE: Extinction, is set five years after the events of second film RE: Apocalypse. The T-Virus outbreak has left a good portion of the world a apocalyptic wasteland overrun by the undead. Alice Abernathy a survivor of the Raccoon City outbreak. Has been wandering the wasteland of the former USA. When she reunites with her former comrade Carlos Oliveira, and his ally Claire Redfield, and her convey of survivors. They team up to make a trip to a refuge called Arcadia. Theirs just a big problem the remnants of the Umbrella Corporation led by Doctor Sam Isaac and army of Undead stand in their way. So, not unlike the prior novels, Extinction goes about elaborating on this film franchise's lore with added content not found in the film with two new plots that depict what exactly happened to Angela Ashford and why Alice Abernathy left the group back in Detroit as well as Jill Valentine in post apocalyptic Baltimore aiding those in need and assembling an army against a bandit camp. The former scenario is an absolute "must" for fans of the films that noticed Alice and Carlos's dialogue about Detroit and questioned what happened and even explains Alice's ability to know how to remain under Umbrella's radar for as long as she had. Sprinkled through the new prelude scenario is highlights of Alexander Isaac's attempts at preventing an outbreak from spreading across San Francisco and even a firsthand look at the virus make its way into the White House! The introduction chapter of this novel actually details how the virus managed to breach Raccoon City's barricades to go on and infect the world!
Surprisingly, all of this content is presented without much in terms of the Short Page Syndrome affecting it as it had with RE: Genesis. To compensate for the added content, this novel is easily over 100+ pages larger than any other novel in the film series! Despite this though, Short Page Syndrome shows light symptoms by the end of the novel with the aforementioned Jill Valentine plot, as most of her journey is elaborated upon until the actual takeover of the bandit camp, where Keith Decandido more or less just says "-and they took over the camp very easily" within a page... A bit of a letdown, but considering Jill's scenario was the least integral and only served to show what she was up to, I let it slide myself. At least the epilogue details the aftermath of that bandit raid a bit more, so it wasn't totally dropped. Aside from that, Alice's trek into the Umbrella Base was a little slight as well, but then again, reflecting on the film, even that had sped things up with a CG render of the facility that Alice was entering, so that one also gets a free pass.
A weird inconsistency I noticed was the description of Raccoon City allegedly being on an island? I never figured out how this belief came about (maybe due to Raven's Gate Bridge being the only escape in Apocalypse?), But it's brought up all of about three times and it felt weird each time, especially since the films never had then or later on described Raccoon City as being an island town... On the note of Raccoon City, a fun little Easter egg I noticed was when Lloyd Jefferson Wayne was recollecting the group's travels across America during the initial stage of the global outbreak and recalls being in Toronto. While that may seem insignificant, Toronto was the city chosen to depict Raccoon City in Apocalypse, right down to both Racoon City and Toronto's city halls being one in the same!
The gore is far more prominent here, especially with the Super Undead! While the Super Undead of the film seem to only be able to have a heightened intelligence as well as the ability to sprint, the novelization make absolutely certain you know that they're super strong as well! These creatures can easily punch a hole right though one's torso as well as cleanly ripping off appendages and even tearing someone in half with little effort! This added violence SHOULD HAVE been in the film! It makes a larger highlight out of just how powerful Isaac's Alice-infused enhanced T-Virus was!
Overall, Aside from that, yeah, this is a very close retelling of the film's events into paperback format. Some scenes have extra snippets of dialogue that would have likely been cut from the film for pacing that, again, film fans will appreciate for the added drops of lore they may present as well as building the world more, if only by a margin... All-in-all it's a good read for any Resident Evil fan!
Surprisingly, all of this content is presented without much in terms of the Short Page Syndrome affecting it as it had with RE: Genesis. To compensate for the added content, this novel is easily over 100+ pages larger than any other novel in the film series! Despite this though, Short Page Syndrome shows light symptoms by the end of the novel with the aforementioned Jill Valentine plot, as most of her journey is elaborated upon until the actual takeover of the bandit camp, where Keith Decandido more or less just says "-and they took over the camp very easily" within a page... A bit of a letdown, but considering Jill's scenario was the least integral and only served to show what she was up to, I let it slide myself. At least the epilogue details the aftermath of that bandit raid a bit more, so it wasn't totally dropped. Aside from that, Alice's trek into the Umbrella Base was a little slight as well, but then again, reflecting on the film, even that had sped things up with a CG render of the facility that Alice was entering, so that one also gets a free pass.
A weird inconsistency I noticed was the description of Raccoon City allegedly being on an island? I never figured out how this belief came about (maybe due to Raven's Gate Bridge being the only escape in Apocalypse?), But it's brought up all of about three times and it felt weird each time, especially since the films never had then or later on described Raccoon City as being an island town... On the note of Raccoon City, a fun little Easter egg I noticed was when Lloyd Jefferson Wayne was recollecting the group's travels across America during the initial stage of the global outbreak and recalls being in Toronto. While that may seem insignificant, Toronto was the city chosen to depict Raccoon City in Apocalypse, right down to both Racoon City and Toronto's city halls being one in the same!
The gore is far more prominent here, especially with the Super Undead! While the Super Undead of the film seem to only be able to have a heightened intelligence as well as the ability to sprint, the novelization make absolutely certain you know that they're super strong as well! These creatures can easily punch a hole right though one's torso as well as cleanly ripping off appendages and even tearing someone in half with little effort! This added violence SHOULD HAVE been in the film! It makes a larger highlight out of just how powerful Isaac's Alice-infused enhanced T-Virus was!
Overall, Aside from that, yeah, this is a very close retelling of the film's events into paperback format. Some scenes have extra snippets of dialogue that would have likely been cut from the film for pacing that, again, film fans will appreciate for the added drops of lore they may present as well as building the world more, if only by a margin... All-in-all it's a good read for any Resident Evil fan!
October 26, 2021
I like Alice character she is so badass didn't like Claire character so much book r movie I wish the movie had more of Alice dialogue the way it was in the book like when Carlos asked her whyd you come back she replies not falling for the bait lost my ride and ran out of smokes and when Claire was saying about Alice being dangerous and Alice can't stay Alice replies I understand I won't be staying if u need help I'll help you and then you will never see me again I understand why Alice left poor Alice being controlled to kill Angie at least I know what happened to Angie Jill went her own way Carlos sacfrice himself Carlos character but I like that the book gives us Carlos thoughts before he died like Carlos wishing he spent more time hating Dr issaccs especially because of him turning Alice into something that cause Alice to stay away from Carlos for so long and Carlos wasnt sure what he was feeling for Alice he never understood love back. When there was a world and now there was just no time for it but he knew that Alice had been important to him from the moment they met that's why he chase her all the way to Detroit and I like that he said now they finally be reunited just in time for him to die worst vacation ever he muttered that but in the movie he give alice a dirty look they just didn't show there feelings much I know they had a brief kiss and Carlos hugged her and some of the looks but i wish the movie showed more before Carlos died Alice powers were awesome like she is but I wish Alice was not interested in Carlos at the same time and I wish she had answers like mind your own business why I left after Detroit cause in the movie she really look like she didn't want to see are speak to him
June 29, 2021
It's funny, usually a well-written book taking 14 hours to read results in a middling-to-awful hour-and-a-half movie, not the other way 'round.
This is a novelization based upon a complete train wreck of a movie. I read this book, quite skeptical of its quality but came away very satisfied. I really liked this book, and thought it was a great addition to the Resident Evil mythos. I know its connected to the sub-par movie universe, but it is also an intriguing book of its own. I actually read the book before watching the movie and was seriously let down that it did not feature all of the great world-building and side-adventures of other characters that this book had. Its easy to make anything better than the movie, and I would give DeCandido credit for being a better storyteller than director Paul W. S. Anderson (Not a hard thing to do), but keeping in mind he had a vast and far superior world of the AWESOME videogames and lore to borrow off of, I'm sure it was not too much to ask. Great read, and would gladly revisit in a heartbeat.
The only detraction was the heavy and unwarranted use of the word "@$$" in the characters' dialog. Especially in the expression (and I write from memory, so the accuracy of expression may be a bit skewed) "They dropped a bomb right into our @$$es". Now that's an image I did not need.
This is a novelization based upon a complete train wreck of a movie. I read this book, quite skeptical of its quality but came away very satisfied. I really liked this book, and thought it was a great addition to the Resident Evil mythos. I know its connected to the sub-par movie universe, but it is also an intriguing book of its own. I actually read the book before watching the movie and was seriously let down that it did not feature all of the great world-building and side-adventures of other characters that this book had. Its easy to make anything better than the movie, and I would give DeCandido credit for being a better storyteller than director Paul W. S. Anderson (Not a hard thing to do), but keeping in mind he had a vast and far superior world of the AWESOME videogames and lore to borrow off of, I'm sure it was not too much to ask. Great read, and would gladly revisit in a heartbeat.
The only detraction was the heavy and unwarranted use of the word "@$$" in the characters' dialog. Especially in the expression (and I write from memory, so the accuracy of expression may be a bit skewed) "They dropped a bomb right into our @$$es". Now that's an image I did not need.
February 5, 2022
Die Romanfassung von Resident Evil: Extinction ist die bisher mit Abstand beste bisher. Der Film konnte mich beim Rewatch ja bereits mehr überzeugen, doch das Buch macht noch so vieles besser. Es erzählt nämlich nicht nur die Geschichte des Films, sondern auch sehr viel mehr. Was alles direkt nach dem zweiten Film geschah und vor allem, was mit Jill Valentine passierte. All diese zusätzlichen Geschichten bringen so viel Charakterentwicklung und World Building mit, dass ich es nur lieben konnte. Vielleicht entwickelt sich nicht nur Resident Evil: Extinction, sondern auch seine Romanfassung so langsam zu meinem Liebling der Reihe...
Nur leider gibt's von Teil 4 kein Buch, weswegen ich nun mit dem fünften Teil der Reihe weitermachen werde.
Nur leider gibt's von Teil 4 kein Buch, weswegen ich nun mit dem fünften Teil der Reihe weitermachen werde.
February 28, 2024
Good but too much offensive to language
I enjoyed the book as a whole but there's still far too much really offensive language, especially the n-word, which is unnecessary in terms of character or plot and is also unrealistic. Cut this and the story is fine. Also glad one character is dead because I would be dead from alcohol if I took a shot every time they swore, which was in almost every paragraph from their view. The excessive language is a real deterrent from enjoying an otherwise good story.
I enjoyed the book as a whole but there's still far too much really offensive language, especially the n-word, which is unnecessary in terms of character or plot and is also unrealistic. Cut this and the story is fine. Also glad one character is dead because I would be dead from alcohol if I took a shot every time they swore, which was in almost every paragraph from their view. The excessive language is a real deterrent from enjoying an otherwise good story.
September 19, 2020
This one have a new before-after scheme.
Which plays well but doesn't add a very big solid story. It's just a 'connect the dots' from movie 2 and 3. And, as before, the author makes good short stories for the characters, but diferent from the previous ones, this one ends abruptly and just exactly as the movie.
The most important thing here might be what happened to Angie and Jill.
Which plays well but doesn't add a very big solid story. It's just a 'connect the dots' from movie 2 and 3. And, as before, the author makes good short stories for the characters, but diferent from the previous ones, this one ends abruptly and just exactly as the movie.
The most important thing here might be what happened to Angie and Jill.
March 24, 2022
✨ 4/5 ✨
Iconic shit. I love the fact that, although Jill wasn't in the movie itself, we know what happens to her in this novelization. It's truly a delight to see her being the badass woman that she is. And still, Carlos-Alice is a ship I will take to my grave.
Iconic shit. I love the fact that, although Jill wasn't in the movie itself, we know what happens to her in this novelization. It's truly a delight to see her being the badass woman that she is. And still, Carlos-Alice is a ship I will take to my grave.
June 26, 2019
Very nice, and I liked the added story of Jill. It gave us a very good idea what Jill was doing after the events of Apocalypse.
December 19, 2022
Awsome
This book fills in a the gaps that are in the movie,
You will suddenly know a nd understand so much more.
This book fills in a the gaps that are in the movie,
You will suddenly know a nd understand so much more.
January 22, 2023
Resident Evil is Resident Evil
August 10, 2023
it's good to see the backstory to new and old characters and know what happened to them outside of the movies do, there's that
October 12, 2012
Resident Evil: Extinction / 9781416544982
This is the third and final book in the DeCandido novelization tie-in to the Resident Evil series, and I have to say I'm glad to see the back of him as an author for this franchise; I hope whoever they got for Resident Evil: Retribution does a little better on characterization.
The plot aspects of this novel, like the two before it, are done well in my opinion. Extinction was probably the weakest of the first three movies in this respect; the plot was good but there was always the feeling that you were missing huge gaps of backstory and sidestory. This novelization delivers, and does a wonderful job of filling in the gaps between Apocalypse and Extinction, as well as explaining a lot of missing character motivation. We find out how the world went down the drain, why Alice left Carlos-Jill-L.J., where Jill is for the entirety of the movie, how Claire Redfield entered stage left, and how Umbrella is able to control Alice remotely. All in all, if you're just coming to this novel to fill in those movie gaps, I can strongly recommend it.
While I'm giving credit where credit is due, I'll also note that this is a rare example of a novel that handles frequent changes in POV character *and* in timeline without becoming confusing or cumbersome to follow. Because the Before and After settings in this case are so very different, the changes here are easy to follow and the reader is quick to acclimate to chapter shifts. I enjoyed that aspect of the novel, as well as the fact that Extinction is fast-paced and never seems to bog down, despite the many concurrent plot threads.
Where this novels falls down is where its predecessors also failed: whoever is in charge of the characterization for these novels -- whether it be the author or the franchise owners -- is not doing a very good job, particularly when it comes to minority characters. There's a return of the overuse of racial slurs and gendered slurs; this novel never seems to miss a beat to fling out a N* or a B* when presented with the chance, and to my mind it's overused and gratuitous. (I counted over 40 instances of B*, most of which are directed at Jill Valentine, who is repeatedly referred to as "white b*".)
Actually, Jill Valentine is good example of how badly written the minority characters are in this novel. I literally laughed out loud when the book asserts that Jill Valentine had, in the post-apocalypse world, let her "dark hair [grow] down to her ass, as she'd had no inclination to cut it". WHY does Jill Valentine not care about having short hair in a world with grabby zombies, equally grabby scavengers, and no shampoo for miles? Easy! She doesn't care about looking pretty anymore, so she's let herself go. Really, as the reader, you have to laugh or you'll cry, but if you're a woman, or if you've had to take care of long hair, or if you've read the Zombie Survival Handbook, or if you have a single ounce of common sense, you'll probably be ousted from the narrative when you encounter stuff like this. Or later when Jill has to roll into town and remind the local black police officer that he did promise to serve and protect his people, not hole up in his house with all the guns and wait for them to die. You can see how it could be hard to remember stuff like that.
The one character who does improve from the dreadful treatment he received in Apocalypse is L.J. Wayne. He's still not handled extremely well here, but we do at least receive the backstory on why he doesn't share his secret with the rest of the team, which was something that got left out of the movie entirely, so I consider that an overall positive net gain. As expected, he has good reasons for his actions and didn't just wake up one morning and decide to be homocidally careless and selfish in service to the plot.
Really, if you've come this far in the series, you might as well read Extinction and finish off this trilogy set. The plot is good and the facepalmy moments are nothing that you haven't already experienced in this series already. And if you haven't read the previous two books, well, go read those and see if you manage to stick with it.
~ Ana Mardoll
This is the third and final book in the DeCandido novelization tie-in to the Resident Evil series, and I have to say I'm glad to see the back of him as an author for this franchise; I hope whoever they got for Resident Evil: Retribution does a little better on characterization.
The plot aspects of this novel, like the two before it, are done well in my opinion. Extinction was probably the weakest of the first three movies in this respect; the plot was good but there was always the feeling that you were missing huge gaps of backstory and sidestory. This novelization delivers, and does a wonderful job of filling in the gaps between Apocalypse and Extinction, as well as explaining a lot of missing character motivation. We find out how the world went down the drain, why Alice left Carlos-Jill-L.J., where Jill is for the entirety of the movie, how Claire Redfield entered stage left, and how Umbrella is able to control Alice remotely. All in all, if you're just coming to this novel to fill in those movie gaps, I can strongly recommend it.
While I'm giving credit where credit is due, I'll also note that this is a rare example of a novel that handles frequent changes in POV character *and* in timeline without becoming confusing or cumbersome to follow. Because the Before and After settings in this case are so very different, the changes here are easy to follow and the reader is quick to acclimate to chapter shifts. I enjoyed that aspect of the novel, as well as the fact that Extinction is fast-paced and never seems to bog down, despite the many concurrent plot threads.
Where this novels falls down is where its predecessors also failed: whoever is in charge of the characterization for these novels -- whether it be the author or the franchise owners -- is not doing a very good job, particularly when it comes to minority characters. There's a return of the overuse of racial slurs and gendered slurs; this novel never seems to miss a beat to fling out a N* or a B* when presented with the chance, and to my mind it's overused and gratuitous. (I counted over 40 instances of B*, most of which are directed at Jill Valentine, who is repeatedly referred to as "white b*".)
Actually, Jill Valentine is good example of how badly written the minority characters are in this novel. I literally laughed out loud when the book asserts that Jill Valentine had, in the post-apocalypse world, let her "dark hair [grow] down to her ass, as she'd had no inclination to cut it". WHY does Jill Valentine not care about having short hair in a world with grabby zombies, equally grabby scavengers, and no shampoo for miles? Easy! She doesn't care about looking pretty anymore, so she's let herself go. Really, as the reader, you have to laugh or you'll cry, but if you're a woman, or if you've had to take care of long hair, or if you've read the Zombie Survival Handbook, or if you have a single ounce of common sense, you'll probably be ousted from the narrative when you encounter stuff like this. Or later when Jill has to roll into town and remind the local black police officer that he did promise to serve and protect his people, not hole up in his house with all the guns and wait for them to die. You can see how it could be hard to remember stuff like that.
The one character who does improve from the dreadful treatment he received in Apocalypse is L.J. Wayne. He's still not handled extremely well here, but we do at least receive the backstory on why he doesn't share his secret with the rest of the team, which was something that got left out of the movie entirely, so I consider that an overall positive net gain. As expected, he has good reasons for his actions and didn't just wake up one morning and decide to be homocidally careless and selfish in service to the plot.
Really, if you've come this far in the series, you might as well read Extinction and finish off this trilogy set. The plot is good and the facepalmy moments are nothing that you haven't already experienced in this series already. And if you haven't read the previous two books, well, go read those and see if you manage to stick with it.
~ Ana Mardoll
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June 11, 2008Just like the movie, the book was very interesting. Alice has always had a unknown past due to the Umbrella Corporation and every book we find out more about what happened to her. That is why it is important to read and see all the parts of the story so that you can piece together her mysterious past life and experiences. The action is nonstop and although reading the book is not as great as watching the action in a flick, the author certainly makes up for it with plot integrity. There are always new enemies and it only gets harder for Alice as she makes her way to the truth as Umbrella goes all out to protect the secrets which they have hidden for so long. Once again, if you like action and a lot of gorey sequences of action, I recommend this book. Oh yea, also if your into creepy storylines and science fiction.
March 21, 2009
This is an excellent novelization of the 3rd Resident Evil movie. If you remember from the end of the 2nd movie, Jill, Carlos, LJ, and Angie rescue Alice from an Umbrella facility. In the 3rd movie, Jill and Angie are nowhere to be found. This book goes beyond the movie and explains what happens to them. It's worth the read for that alone, never mind that it's also very well written. Go get it and see for yourself :-)
July 27, 2009
This was definitely better than the movie. It had so much more detail, including information of the people in the convoy, what Jill was up to, and what else was going on during the movie that wasn't shown. It also tells about the secondary characters - such as Otto Walenski(My favorite character, by the way), K-Mart, etc.
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October 31, 2015It's a sad day when you have to read the novelization of a movie to find out what happens to major charactes from the previous movies. Adds some slight depth to the events of the film. (Emphasis on slight.) But then, I didn't read this hoping for Dostoevsky. Light, fluffy, and gross in enjoyable proportions.
June 13, 2015
This book is a solid companion piece to the film. I'm not a big fan of books that are adapted from films, but this one goes much farther than that. It fills in what happens between Apocalypse and Extinction. It even fills in what happens to Jill Valentine. A pretty solid read if you like the Resident Evil films.
September 9, 2009
In my opinion this book is good. It combines action and terror. You always whant to read more because it's a mistery. I realy liked it because I always liked resident evil. But, the book could be better because it dosnt explain very good. I do recommend this book.
August 3, 2010
Grabbed me in and was 10x better than the B movie. If you are a fan of the sieres at all, this is worth a read. Characters actually have minds and souls, AND Jill Valentine isn't just lost into nothing as was the little girl from Apoc.
November 25, 2012
I found this book to be a really good read. It also filled in any gaps of understanding I had from watching the movie. The Resident Evil novelizations are great reads if you enjoy the movie franchise.
June 8, 2013
A good novelization, I enjoyed the added parts with Jill and the explanation for Angie as she was just mysteriously missing in the movie. But why did the author cut out the Alice/Carlos kiss?!? I mean come on it was my favorite part of the whole freakin movie!
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