Aidan Greatrex’s Reviews > Predator: If It Bleeds > Status Update

Recon: almost an alternate take on the original movie. With the changes that the Predator is the main character and no one as cool or as experienced as Dutch is there to match. 3.75/5

So we get a Predator 2 novel sequel and it’s … mid. I enjoyed Danny Glovers Harrigan returning but the Brazilian lad making poor action hero references was annoying and the lethal weapon reference was so obvious and painful. 3/5

Buffalo jump: decent story, liked the Wild West setting but felt like a run of the mill predator story. 3/5

The Pilot story was fantastic and a slightly different spin on things. I’m actually surprised how long it took me to realise who ping was! I always love when Yaujta are protagonists or team up with “worthy” humans. 4.75/5

Three sparks was another top tier story. Samurai, ancient Japan setting and the Yaujta is extremely feared? Yeah I loved this story. Only complaint is the Predator is defeated fairly quick after a lot of vocal hype and a few pages of stalking the army. 4.5/5

Story - the tin man. Another interesting perspective and one where the Yaujta is a victim and the military are… the bad guys?! Finally! 3.5/5 story, the Yaujta wasn’t in it much but had some cool moments.

Next story was a cool concept. I liked the humans are abandoned on a planet that they’re trying to survive on. I enjoyed that the predators aren’t antagonistic here but it’s a competition / marking territory story. It’s refreshing to not constantly have Yautja get their asses kicked by humans.

Book seven: peak story. Norse mythology, three newly blooded Yautja learning the hunt of man isn’t as easy as they’d expect. Yautja lore drive stories are my favourite and Steve Perry knocks it out the park again!

Story 6: decent horror vibes, interesting take but wasn’t anything special 3/5