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Summary: Excellent stuff, but not for kids
Review: Absolutely amazing work by Max Allan Collins. An excellent prequel to the series, which was a great series, I thought. Sad that Fox removed it--and considering some of the stuff they're showing now, it's obvious that to some extent they don't know what they're doing. Anyway, the story was right out of an episode of the show, but my biggest complaint (and my only complaint, really) was the pervasive foul language. That really spoiled it for me. We really could've done without it. Still, the story itself was a great story, and I enjoyed the flow of the story. If you ever wanted to know what was so significant about the Space Needle that Max is always on at the end of most episodes, read the book. But not recommended for kids.
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Summary: Great back story!!
Review: All DA fans will love this exciting back story to one of the best TV shows ever! It answers a lot of questions that I know I had and shines some light into the world that Max lived in before the show. Great book, a must have for any true DA fan!!!
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Summary: Get This Book!
Review: As a confirmed Dark Angel afficiado I can recommend this book with complete confidence. I only found two mistakes in this book from details in the series, but only a fanatic to detail like me would probably notice.The writing is intriguing, the characters are, for the most part, perfect. I could easily imagine this as a prequel movie. I hope future Dark Angel books are as well written as this one.
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Summary: I miss Dark Angel the series!!
Review: As a fan of the series, I love the book. Nothing more to say.
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Summary: A terrific read for Dark Angel fans
Review: Beautifully written, 'Before The Dawn' would be required reading for die-hard Dark Angel fans even if the series were still running. Max Allan Collins has given us what we crave -- the Dark Angel "fix" fans have needed since we first heard the series was going to be cancelled early in 2002. This book isn't just terrific brain candy -- it takes a deeper look at some things we saw in the show (such as Max's thoughts as she escaped, and life with her first 'adopted' family), and it fills in a lot of gaps in Max's history as a Manticore escapee on the run in pre- and post-pulse America. I'll be watching eagerly for future DA works from Mr. Collins.
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Summary: Excellent for all DA fans
Review: DARK ANGEL: BEFORE THE DAWN is a fascinating prequel novel that is a treat for any DA fan to read. Max Collins has all the characters down pat, and the backgrounding he does for Max, Original Cindy, Logan, and the other regulars of the show is fascinating. After reading this book one can go back and view Season 1 and Season 2 of the series in a slightly different light, picking up clues that were not noticed before that lead back to Max's earlier life before she came to Seattle. Mr. Collins also does an excellent job of foreshadowing things-to-come in the DA universe, threads that will undoubtedly be continued in his DA sequel novel SKIN GAME which picks up the storyline after the last televised episode of the show. If you're a DARK ANGEL fan, please buy BEFORE THE DAWN! The read is well worth your time!
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Summary: Decent for a prequel
Review: Decent book for a prequel anyway. I enjoyed it. Can't wait to read the other DA books that follow the series finale. I miss the show quite a bit. I read the other reviews and someone said Max's leaving line was "gotta bounce" and No, it wasn't. ON THE SHOW Max often said, "GOTTA BLAZE". I am 100% positive of that. I've read episode scripts and stuff and it is most definitely BLAZE. So, the writer got it correct. On the show, when Max met Joshua she'd say "Gotta blaze", and he picked that up from her because as she was leaving Manticore just before the building blew up, Joshua told her, "You blaze".
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Summary: Didn't quite get it done for me
Review: I don't want to be negative, but after reading all these glowing reviews, I thought I'd better give a reality check for true fans of this awesome series: this book wasn't that great. Don't get me wrong, it didn't totally suck, but it's clear that this is just some writer guy who was comissioned to write the book. He has lifted most of the dialogue right from the series, so he gets away with it, but then, when he's supposed to telling us what Max is thinking, suddenly she's thinking in the vocabulary of a 55 year old college graduate from the heartland. Like, she sees a fat guard and thinks, "what a portly, heavyset fellow". Yeah right. I don't think "portly" "heaveyset" or "fellow" are really the words a post-pulse street rat like Max is going to use to describe this guy in her head. He's obviously a lot more comfortable with Logan-speak, but he makes him just a little too much like somebody's Dad. Plus, you can tell the guy is not a fan, because the book just lacks PASSION. It's like he contacted some younger friend and said "Well, let's plot this baby out". I'd be willing to bet serious cash that this guy had never even seen the show before his editor called and said, "Got a gig for ya." But let's be fair, overall, it's a definate fix for those of us who were chapped when the series got cancelled, and it's readable, and we can fill in the gaps ourselves, but it would have been better if they had found somebody maybe a little younger who was a huge fan of the series already.
Gotta blaze..
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Summary: Good read, but I've read better fan fiction
Review: I enjoyed this book more than Max Allen Collin's second Dark Angel novel 'Skin Game', as I found Max's backstory quite interesting and informative.
However I don't feel he's really got her character down pat, and there were certain elements to the story which I found difficult to chew. Such as the transgenic Seth, who also escaped from Manticore in '09 and winds up working for Eyes Only. Seth is never mentioned in the show or even counted amid the 12 escapees (turns out that he's the 13th) and personally, I find this transgenic a hard bit of 'canon' to swallow. It just doesn't tie in with what we know of the characters in the show. Would Logan really have kept Seth a secret from Max? Maybe so, but it makes him now seem incredibly ruthless. I'm not the biggest fan of Logan but I still find it hard to believe he could do what he does to Seth, and still be able to 'use' Max once she comes along. Actually, maybe he could... *shrugs*
Anyway, asides from that gripe I did find this book a good read. At times even a great read. Although I still feel Max Allen Collins was the wrong writer for the job.
I've read better fan fiction.
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Summary: Best Book EVER!
Review: I just wanted to let every one how much I enjoyed this book. I was sad for it to end! If you love Dark Angel this book is for you! It makes the show much more interesting. The book was wonderful and I can't wait for the next one to come out. :)
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