Reviews for Aliens: Criminal Enterprise

The average rating for Aliens: Criminal Enterprise based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-22 00:00:00 Ram James This was a seedy read, filled with all sorts of criminal decadence, drugs, murder, prostitution-- all painted with the background of a hostile planet filled with aliens. I really enjoyed Perry's dive into the psyches of criminals, psychopaths and wounded people driven by lust, greed, revenge and hope, dark hopes though. Off all the Aliens books that I have read, this one comes closest in my bid to see one made into a film. It would certainly have the action! The book follows two brothers, shanghaied into working for a drugrunner for of course a dealer who keeps his product and labs on an alien infested planet. One innocent and law-abiding and the other hopeless enamored of the fast lane. It also follows the motivations of a lieutenant drug lord and his doped out cherry of a girlfriend who run the facility. Two forces, one that wants to steal the shipment and the other who wishes to bring all the criminals to justice invade the facility on the same day and saying that all hell breaks loose would be putting it mildly. Again, this is perhaps the best of the Aliens books that I have read, however, there was something about the ending that I simply could not stand and which nearly ruined my enjoyment of the book. I won't give details other than of all the survivors in the end, one just made me want to hurl.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-09-05 00:00:00 Leslie Lucas Well, I finally got what I wanted -- an Aliens book that wasn't just a recycled Aliens trope. Instead of making her story about mad scientists or Space Marines on a rescue or Weyland-Yutani trying to capture a xenomorph for research, Perry chose to write a story about a planet of drug-makers. These are illegal drugs, of course, so to stave off the risk of invasion from either rival drugrunners or the law, the guy who runs the planet populates it with xenomorphs. The aliens are really just background, since the real story is about the characters who make up the staff of the lab. The thing is, the story still isn't that great. It's actually the best of the books I've read so far in this series, but that's like saying I prefer The Phantom Menace to Attack of the Clones; in the end, I'd rather not have to watch either one. It doesn't help that Perry populates her story with people who aren't likable, but I guess that's what one would expect for a drug lab. If I could do half-stars, I'd probably give this book 2.5 instead of two stars, but this is definitely NOT a three-star book. Breaking Bad it ain't.