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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Though there are bountiful errors and have altered scenes and dialogues from the games, as well as having paragraphs that are hard to follow sometimes, I have thoroughly enjoyed the initial adventures of Ezio Auditore. Reading books again since last year 2018, and having reached 22 years old as well, gave me newfound appreciation of Ezio's life than the time I was a young lad. I craved action when I was younger playing Assassin's Creed 2; but reading the novel made me appreciate Ezio as a fleshed out character. If the game did well in coloring him as a character, the book just added more fine details to the legend himself. I can't quite recommend this to everyone however; it is best appreciated by those who played the games.
I was barely able to finish this book. The beginning started out promising, but rapidly depleted towards the end.
Things that annoyed me:
The author gave us the shake down on what happened to the assassin's main childhood squeeze at the end, but where did some of the other characters go?(ex the woman from the thieves guild)
NOTE spoiler: Perhaps I zoned out towards the end, but when did they figure out the apple? I remember it showing the future, but I am mystified as to how or when they figured out the apple was able to project (as in the last fight with the Spaniard).
Things that annoyed me:
The author gave us the shake down on what happened to the assassin's main childhood squeeze at the end, but where did some of the other characters go?(ex the woman from the thieves guild)
NOTE spoiler: Perhaps I zoned out towards the end, but when did they figure out the apple? I remember it showing the future, but I am mystified as to how or when they figured out the apple was able to project (as in the last fight with the Spaniard).
Okay, I don’t really know what to say. It just doesn’t add anything that the game didn’t already have. The story is amazing because the videogame is amazing, but in term of prose— it’s really bad, man. I read this out of curiosity but I strongly suggest to simply play AC2 again if you miss Ezio.
So...
This book was amazing in all ways possible. Definitely the best book I've read this year. What's good for me is that I have 4 more books coming my way. YAY.
So, anyway, this book was the perfect combination of fantasy, action and plot development. The plot moved decently fast, and given that this is a 5 book series, I can hope for more treats along the way. One thing that I really liked was how everything had a balance of everything and it was tied in together extremely well. From now on, there might be spoilers so..read at risk.
One thing that I want to rant on about is how Ezio developed as a character. It was clear that he was really scarred by seeing the death of his father and 2 brothers. Like I said before, his agony was literally dripping out of my Kindle. I could almost feel his pulse going up and down. Such was the intensity and brilliance of that particular chapter. But what happened after Ezio was orphaned was even more remarkable. Encountering with his enemy Vieri Pazzi ignited his flame of vengeance and revenge to a certain level that I knew wouldn't be tamed for a long while. Like I predicted, it took him almost 20 years? to calm his soul, even for a little bit. The progress of Ezio was something very fascinating as I saw him becoming one of the most feared and also revered Assassin in the whole of Italy from being a small and ignorant boy. His training truly explained his agony and throughout the book, he made retrospections on what all he had done and whether it was worth it. But, deep inside, Ezio and I both knew that it was worth it, if not for him but for the Assassin's Creed and for everyone he held dear. His exploits in Venice changed him in so many ways that I can't explain it. He revealed more secrets than he probably wanted to know from the start but it all added up to the very end, which brings me to an interesting point.
The ending, at least for me was the worst part of the book. It felt like the author had taken a break from it for 20 years and came back to write the ending. It felt really different since most of the book had been extremely practical. Then entered the Apple and the Staff. This just blew everything of scale and I was disoriented for a long time. But in a way, everything was still tying in together. Rodrigo's influence in this book was probably more than Ezio's himself. He was the one that made sure everything worked out in the book and kept everything nice and tidy together. I didn't quite understand the last chapter or so, all with the cosmic powers and God's dying and fading away. But as the series goes on, I expect this to be explained to me.
Overall, this was a perfect book and I couldn't ask for anything better. This was one of the books that I seriously couldn't put down. The thrill and suspense was just fantastic. I recommend this to everyone looking for the typical adventure/fantasy type books, but beware, this is much more than just an ordinary book. Also, it included Leonard da Vinci and Niccolo Macchiavelli, and even Christopher Columbus, making it even more realistic. Thanks for reading this large rant. :)
This book was amazing in all ways possible. Definitely the best book I've read this year. What's good for me is that I have 4 more books coming my way. YAY.
So, anyway, this book was the perfect combination of fantasy, action and plot development. The plot moved decently fast, and given that this is a 5 book series, I can hope for more treats along the way. One thing that I really liked was how everything had a balance of everything and it was tied in together extremely well. From now on, there might be spoilers so..read at risk.
One thing that I want to rant on about is how Ezio developed as a character. It was clear that he was really scarred by seeing the death of his father and 2 brothers. Like I said before, his agony was literally dripping out of my Kindle. I could almost feel his pulse going up and down. Such was the intensity and brilliance of that particular chapter. But what happened after Ezio was orphaned was even more remarkable. Encountering with his enemy Vieri Pazzi ignited his flame of vengeance and revenge to a certain level that I knew wouldn't be tamed for a long while. Like I predicted, it took him almost 20 years? to calm his soul, even for a little bit. The progress of Ezio was something very fascinating as I saw him becoming one of the most feared and also revered Assassin in the whole of Italy from being a small and ignorant boy. His training truly explained his agony and throughout the book, he made retrospections on what all he had done and whether it was worth it. But, deep inside, Ezio and I both knew that it was worth it, if not for him but for the Assassin's Creed and for everyone he held dear. His exploits in Venice changed him in so many ways that I can't explain it. He revealed more secrets than he probably wanted to know from the start but it all added up to the very end, which brings me to an interesting point.
The ending, at least for me was the worst part of the book. It felt like the author had taken a break from it for 20 years and came back to write the ending. It felt really different since most of the book had been extremely practical. Then entered the Apple and the Staff. This just blew everything of scale and I was disoriented for a long time. But in a way, everything was still tying in together. Rodrigo's influence in this book was probably more than Ezio's himself. He was the one that made sure everything worked out in the book and kept everything nice and tidy together. I didn't quite understand the last chapter or so, all with the cosmic powers and God's dying and fading away. But as the series goes on, I expect this to be explained to me.
Overall, this was a perfect book and I couldn't ask for anything better. This was one of the books that I seriously couldn't put down. The thrill and suspense was just fantastic. I recommend this to everyone looking for the typical adventure/fantasy type books, but beware, this is much more than just an ordinary book. Also, it included Leonard da Vinci and Niccolo Macchiavelli, and even Christopher Columbus, making it even more realistic. Thanks for reading this large rant. :)
15th century James Bond, Superman, He Man and Spiderman, all in one.
I liked the PC game better than the book.
I liked the PC game better than the book.
fast-paced
3.5 Stars
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I'll just admit it up front: Assassin's Creed II is one of my favourite games. I mean, it completely had me at renaissance Italy.
This book is quite literally the game, but then written down. Even all the complete uses exercises/lessons in the game have somehow made it into the book. Remember a task where all you need to do is carry a crate? No? Trust me, that's a task and it's in the book as well. Oh, Ezio, could you not find me more of this codex pages? It's in there.
There isn't too much to say about the story, since it's the game. I don't know if I would recommend this to someone who doesn't have nice memories to the game, because the writing is at best not really good. It feels weird, not fluent and the events are sometimes kind of thrown together. I think this would probably be due to the fact that their were very few new elements in the story. At times I cringed and even more times I just smiled, for as I realised I was reading a bad book, I couldn't stop but liking it. A lot.
And if you just don't have too much expectations, and just want an easy read, this might be a very enjoyable read. I will be reading at least the next book in the series.
Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com
I'll just admit it up front: Assassin's Creed II is one of my favourite games. I mean, it completely had me at renaissance Italy.
This book is quite literally the game, but then written down. Even all the complete uses exercises/lessons in the game have somehow made it into the book. Remember a task where all you need to do is carry a crate? No? Trust me, that's a task and it's in the book as well. Oh, Ezio, could you not find me more of this codex pages? It's in there.
There isn't too much to say about the story, since it's the game. I don't know if I would recommend this to someone who doesn't have nice memories to the game, because the writing is at best not really good. It feels weird, not fluent and the events are sometimes kind of thrown together. I think this would probably be due to the fact that their were very few new elements in the story. At times I cringed and even more times I just smiled, for as I realised I was reading a bad book, I couldn't stop but liking it. A lot.
And if you just don't have too much expectations, and just want an easy read, this might be a very enjoyable read. I will be reading at least the next book in the series.