Alita: Battle Angel - Iron City
The Official Movie Prequel
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Narrated by:
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Brian Nishii
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By:
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Pat Cadigan
About this listen
The official prequel novel to the highly anticipated film
A long time ago, there was the Great War. The reasons for the war have been lost to time. On the shattered surface of the earth, there is a metropolis that lives amid the garbage thrown down from the inhabitants of a sky city floating above it. Welcome to Iron City.
A lonely doctor specializing in cyborg repair, Ido, is doing his best to help the citizens of Iron City. But Ido has a double life, another persona born from the pieces of his broken heart.
Hugo, a young man surviving on a life of crime, spots the ultimate steal: an object that will unearth secrets from his own past.
And Vector, the most powerful businessman in the city, has his sights set on a new technology that will change the future of Iron City forever....
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Antanas
- 30-08-22
very interesting
in dept characters. I love that the characters from the movie wear fleshed out in more detail. Hugo's story became even sadder after hearing his full story
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- Selkie
- 12-08-21
Pacy plot let down by lazy sexist stereotypes
The world building is okay, not immersive. The double cities, the floating pleasure dome and the “trash can” beneath it, make an interesting metaphor for our current environmental crisis and its disproportionate affect on the poor, but this analogy is never fully explored. Female characters are very one dimensional and with the exception of the nurse, all come with lengthy descriptions of how hot they are, whereas you get almost zero descriptions of what any of the men look like. Bland Hollywood fare, but fun enough to listen to whilst doing chores.
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- Mark Phillips
- 10-03-22
No Alita, no focal point
The book has a good flow and paints a picture of life in Iron City before Alita. the problem is, there is nothing insightful or engaging about the narrative. All the characters are given a bit of a background story but no huge events, no real details of the 2 cities or a bit of history. There is nothing new added other that this is just padding before we get to Alita. without the main character it is like have a diamond ring with no diamond or a car with no wheels. it has no purpose other than to wait for the vital component, the jewel, no traction without wheels. The characters are treading water before they get rescued by the real story of Alita.
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- A. Riseborough
- 21-01-23
Enjoyable story
No complaints for this free little story. A good build up to the next part
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- Adam Smith
- 06-03-24
Lacks any excitment
Half way through got bored. Its all thoughts and talking. no action, no motorball description, not bounty action told just "one bounty took 10 to collect, the other 15" no details...
Good enough read through but lacks substance other than emotion and feelings... might be good for some.
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- llewellyn lewis
- 19-03-19
The missing star...
Although I enjoyed this introductory book, I am looking forward to the next one even more, thank you.
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- JOD
- 01-02-23
Brilliant
I enjoyed the first book and watched the movie and loved it, I was hoping this would be as good and it was brilliant.
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- michealwr125x
- 05-02-19
a very good book
great enjoyed every minute. can not wait for battle angel to drop will be epic
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- Call me Bob
- 20-01-21
Far better that the movie novelisation
It is more understandable and logical that the movie but in order to be that way it diverged from the movie and from the other book.
No clue who thought it would be a good idea but at least the book is not so close to crap that you can smell it.
So just forget the movie, do not read the other one and enjoy a good story in an interesting world.
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- Jo Dethioux
- 19-01-22
Listen before watching the movie
The movie and narration (book 0 and book 1) are based on manga. Picture a post-apocalyptic, post-war, corrupt world and then immerse yourself in what characters have to do to make ends meet. The struggle between what is right and survival is tangible. The narrator matches the setting of this world most perfectly and the backstory gives more depth to the movie, which I loved and am planning to watch again after finishing book 1.
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