Pacific Rim

The Official Movie Novelization

By: Alex Irvine

Narrated by: Jay Snyder, Christian Rummel

The official novelization of the sci-fi blockbuster Pacific Rim from visionary director Guillermo del Toro!

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, rise from the sea, a war begins that will take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon is devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

"I wanted to make not a war movie, but an adventure movie, with a huge, romantic sense of adventure, a sense of grandeur, and operatic battles...."
—Guillermo Del Toro

©2013 Legendary and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Very entertaining story well narrated

This is very entertaining audiobook and well narrated. If you enjoy science fiction, I think you'll like this book. It contains plenty of action, with pretty well developed characters.

That said, it is much better than the movie, and I can't recommend the movie at all.

best cheese ever

Sure, it's giant robots battling giant monsters. If that's not your cup of tea, don't bother. But if it is, this is a grear ride.

Good worldbuilding, unnecessary heterosexuality

Learning more of the details of the Jaeger program, K science, the bone slums, and various civilian reactions to the kaiju was rad! Unfortunately I had to slog through a whole bunch of toxic masculinity and heterosexuality that the movie was blessedly free of. Do I recommend it? Eh, if you want the lore, sure I guess. Make your own choices.

Just like the movie, and fleshes out the details

I bought this with some trepidation.
Usually adaptations are not well narrated or have a proper story.
That is not the case in this.
The story is really good and explains a lot of details absent in the movie.
Imagine the movie to be a preview trailer of this book.
Plus the narration is good and engrossing.

Made me watch the movie again

This is my first movie novelization book, and I enjoyed how detailed it is without taking away from the moments that made the movie worth rewatching.