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It's taking everything in me not to just finish the next two books...neow. If I'm not thinking about Halo, I'm probably asleep.

Despite my concerns starting The Flood, which were validated in a sense, this was still highly enjoyable, well-written, and emotional in the right ways. On the brightest side, Dr. Halsey isn't in this one, Cortana doesn't piss me off for existing, and the cast is expanded; we even get POVs from the Sangheili. Not Zamamee and Yayap becoming some of my favorite characters. And, we discover a secret that the internet doesn't know bc I searched....for 45mins.

Unfortunately, the character depth Eric Nylund established with John-117 wasn't reflected as much as I'd like. I've been living my life asking ✨what would Master Chief do✨ since playing The Master Chief Collection on Xbox when it came out 10 years ago. There were some things that Master Chief did that he would, in fact, not do.

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I enjoy some of the writing here, with some unique perspective from the humans, and the chief feeling more like an actual character here.

Unfortunately the final third of this book gets bogged down in some very uninteresting action sequences. You can easily zone out after the 5th fight against hunters or the military writing style.

Still glad I read it as it gave some extra substance to one of my favourite videogames of all time.

Continues the trend of novelizations of first person shooters trying to fit in time for its characters to sleep.