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Getting the didact to voice himself

Revisado: 07-12-24

Another win for Kelly Gay. I wish they wouldn't have mentioned that awful comic, but oh well, the book was good

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Halo's Dune

Revisado: 12-17-23

I hated this book as a kid, but now as an adult I realize what a masterpiece it is. I recommend rereading it if you didn't like it in your youth.

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One of the best Halo books

Revisado: 05-23-23

The Forerunner novels are basically Halo's Dune. They and Halo 4 were such a bright start to the reclaimer era. Sadly, 343 whiffed it with Halo 5, but at least this trilogy is still good

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Good writing, but the story is lacking

Revisado: 01-26-23

Kelly Gay did a great job with the writing, as always. Though sadly her writing was wasted on what felt like a story being hamstrung by overall story direction from 343. It felt like every chapter had redacted information because 343 doesn't want to e.g. reveal the fate of certain characters. The end result was that not a lot happened in this book that was unique from the situations in the audio logs of Halo Infinite. This book probably should have been a tie in that released before the game, because it didn't tell us anything new other than that the team was able to send a message, and the last line of the book was written as if it was there to build hype for the game release.

That said, the author did a great job with what she was able to write about. The characters were all well written and no one had any obnoxious gimmicks — unlike most sci-fi characters these days. The events of the book are definitely more interesting than what happened in the campaign of Infinite. I kept thinking "wow this is so cool, I wish it had been in the game." Maybe she should be hired to write the campaign stories.

I'm glad she's moving back to the expanded universe with her next book because it feels like she was being stifled by 343's game writers and the overall dysfunction in Halo Infinite's story.

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Obviously a YA novel but still good

Revisado: 11-27-22

There were a few corny and cliche moments, but it's important to remember that this book was written for 11-18y/os. I think the fact that I, a grown man, was entertained despite those corny moments speaks to this book's strengths.

It definitely reminded me a lot of high school. It was also really nice to see where obi-wan met a certain character for the first time. And the book tidied up at the end to close off any questions about why certain things never appear in the lore again.

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Amazing

Revisado: 01-13-22

This was easily one of the better Halo books. Very satisfying ending and the narrator was great

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Needs dynamic range compression

Revisado: 03-14-21

This book is amazing, the music is amazing, the performance is amazing. All that said, this book has the same issue that every Star Wars book has where it's impossible to listen to in the car.

The alien and bad guy voices are much louder than the narration and sometimes the narration is just above a whisper. It's really good for immersion but it means you can't listen in a car which is where I do most of my listening. If I turn it up enough for the narrator than the voices blow out my eardrums. If I turn it down enough for the voices to be confident then I can't hear the narrator.

Either audible needs to add a way to compress the dynamic range or the books need to be normalized more during mastering.

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Needs to be redone with a new narrator

Revisado: 03-19-19

Couldn't even get through the first chapter. I'll just have to read the book and return the audiobook. The story was good for what I've read so far. Don't skip the book, just skip the audiobook.

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