Quarters Alpha wrote...
Since I just got off work an hour ago, finally got to read some of it. Up to Chapter 3, 46 pages in. *shrugs* Continuity screw-ups aside, enjoying it so far. Not the best book in the world, but not horrible either. Guess we'll just agree to disagree. It's not that I think everyone should love the book, I just think people should be able to express their disappoint better and without as much vitrol(and that doesn't just apply here, that applies everywhere). Sorry I offended everyone. Devil's Advocate and all that. Carry on.
For a book itself, if you were to ignore the already set-in-stone Mass Effect lore, it is a rather simplistic and "easy read" thus far (Page 85) which I suppose could be entertaining for people. From a mere entertainment level I certainly do not dislike reading it - otherwise I would have stopped by now.
But I think that's just it, it's set-in-stone lore he is constantly changing, ignoring and with no care for the timelines and other novels goes his own way which should not have been allowed to be this flawed.
Other than the Mass Effect theme I also do not think it has much going for it, the characters are somewhat interesting due to previous lore about them and so far there has been little to no actual character build up.
Like I've said before, a lot of his descriptions about areas, alien races or whatnot just feel like copy pasted wiki entries. Which I suppose is fine for new readers, but at least
properly copy the wiki entries and don't make mistake after mistake.
Simple, easy read with enough science fiction in it but that science fiction is completely and utterly wrong for the most part which could work for a new universe, but not one that is clearly defined for the most part.
Fact of the matter is that those "continuity screw-ups" are pretty much on every page.
Modifié par Haasth, 01 février 2012 - 12:15 .