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Originally Posted by ATDrake
- Battleship by Peter David (ISFDB, Wikipedia), official tie-in novelization of the eponymous 2012 film (Wikipedia), which apparently has 6 Razzie nominations and “won” Best Actress.
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I actually read that novelization a couple of months ago.
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Now I'm morbidly curious about whether or not David, who's a fairly skilled writer, managed to make something actually semi-decent out of what seems like a spectacular trainwreck, and at least it's cheap to find out. (Mind you, I'm reminded of Jamie Zawinski's oft-repeated quote about how “Linux is only free if your time is worth nothing”.)[/LIST]
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In a word: No.
The beginning is the worst. The characters are all so stupid, you think it wouldn't be so bad if the aliens won.
The main character is supposed to be seen as reckless and charming. But instead he comes off as a self-cenetered man-child.
To be fair, Peter didn't have a lot to work with. And I did finish the book, so there's that.