Kaiju: Deadfall
So, one of my friends informed me recently that I've been on a Kaiju bender lately.This is true.
Kaiju: Deadfall is the 3rd Kaiju book I've read. The first was Pacific Rising by J. Dennehy, the second was Kaiju Winter by Jake Bible. Both of those books, though dealing with people getting squisheded by gigantic monsters, were very different reads. And that trend continued here into Kaiju: Deadfall.
I really liked the unique take of Kaiju: Deadfall. Not necessarily the creatures from outer space portion (though that was fun), but the experience of the one team from inside one of the Kaiju. It was something that never would have occurred to me, and therefore doubled my reading enjoyment.
The Kaiju themselves were different in appearance from what I'm used to. (I have seen my fair share of Godzilla movies!) This only helped Kaiju: Deadfall. Though I will say if you have tryptophobia, there are some scenes that will make the hair on your head tingle.
(Tryptophobia means pictures like the one below will bother you in ways you can't quite explain.)
(You may think I'm cruel for posting that picture, but for clarification, I have tryptophobia and that picture bugs the Hades out of me, so I thought I'd share the love.)
Kaiju: Deadfall is very competently written. It's a bit slow in portions, but the author makes up for it in sheer imagination once the people are inside the Kaiju. The dialogue is believable. The action is enough stabbing, nomming, and crushing to make anyone happy.
Definitely a book to check out if you like Kaiju books and movies.
