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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Great book especially if you love the game. I haven't played the game in years but this book brought me right back to it. I love that it follows the journey of Élise. It gives her such a wonderful background and adds really interesting context to the game.
One minor quirk: the word "chortle" is overused, particularly in the first half. Nothing wrong with the word, but it was used so often it was distracting.
One minor quirk: the word "chortle" is overused, particularly in the first half. Nothing wrong with the word, but it was used so often it was distracting.
Content Warnings
Minor: Violence, Blood
Another one that gives a good look at what's happening in the world outside the main games events. And a little bit extra set before/after.
5 stars I read through this book so fast I did not want it to end. Sadly it done and it left me with a smile on my face
Holy moly I enjoyed this book. Not my usual choice (altho I guess it fits historical fiction), but so good!! I did not play the game (yet), but could perfectly follow all events anyway. I LOVE Elise, she’s fierce, stubborn & sassy in all the right ways. I loved mr Weatherall & Arno & basically everyone who mattered to Elise. I liked her growth, I enjoyed seeing her growing up & the way her ways changed through events & growing mature. The way the book is written made it very easy for me (personally) to visualise events wich made it even more enjoyable. I got in a bit of a rut about 300 pages in but feel like the ending deff makes up for that. I don’t know why it got to me the way it did, but I really enjoyed Elise’s story!
3,5 stars
It was a bit of a slow read, but still enjoyed it! The book actually got better when I came to the bit that's in the game though, but still, it was good!
It was a bit of a slow read, but still enjoyed it! The book actually got better when I came to the bit that's in the game though, but still, it was good!
Okay first off lemme get on my soap box and talk about how excited I was when Elise was revealed, like hell yes we needed more badass chicks in this series AND this one gets her own doll and book! Great right? Well Elise /is/ a beautiful badass girl who can fight and does what she wants. When I finished the game i was a little lost on the ending so i read some essays defending her and finally got this book when it came out in hopes it would make me understand and appreciate her better. Unfortunately that wasnt the case. Im glad her "sassy fiery" personality rocked some peoples worlds but im sorry to say that she disappointed me so bad and i almost wish that i didn't read this book because it totally ruined her character for me and changed my perception of her and Arno's relationship. Elise came off as a brat, a spoiled entitled princess who does not regard the consequences of her actions (or when she does for a brief moment, she turns around makes the same mistake over and over again). I suppose part of that could be due to the fact that she was told shes the heir of a dynasty when she was 8, but frankly i was tired of the book literally telling me that Elise is ~Not like other girls~ when in fact i thought her attitude was on par with that May girl who seems like she was just thrown in there to make Elise look better. Elise throws a tantrum the years that shes at school and doesnt care about how it affects her dad or her future career because "shes gonna be grandmaster anyway" that issue comes up so many times. The one redeeming quality of this book is Mr.Weatherall, god bless that man he always called her out on her crappy attitude, telling her to get over herself, grow up, stop acting before you think, but does she ever listen? Nope. And she pays the price at the end. Now lets hop on over to the love story, seriously ubisoft what the hell is this? This isnt a tragic romeo and juliet story its a toxic one-sided love. The onesided being Arno, sorry but after reading this you cannot convince me that she really loved him. She talks down to him so many times, from calling him "a pathetic orphan who stole her daddys love" when she blames him for her dads death to raging at him for stealing her revenge. She also has a bad case of double standards, she raged at Arno for "stealing her dad" but disregards the fact that arno was present at his own fathers murder and elises dad steps up, takes him when he has no one. Yes it was sad when her mother died but she still had one parent, Arno had nobody so why are you always demanding sympathy from everyone when you give none yourself? Which brings me over to when shes screaming at him for taking her revenge away from her, arno was raised under the same roof as her, her dad sort was a surrogate dad to him, i think he has just as much right to exact revenge on his behalf. Other things that bothered me was the fact that she got angry at arno for joining the assassin's but she literally had all the time in the world when she was younger to sway him to be a templar but she didnt want him to belong to either faction because she wanted him to be her plaything, sorry but you don't have the right to be angry over that when you ruined your chance for your own selfish reason. What makes it worse is when they switch back to arnos journal and its full of his love for her etc and then switches back to her saying she hates arno and he should rot in the bastille. How freaking sad i just felt myself feeling horrible for Arno the entire time. He's not perfect either hes got his flaws, he also doesnt think before he acts (sliding the warning letter under monsieur de la serre office instead of delivering it and that one mission in the game where he blows up a building.....while hes still inside it) but damn he was a hell of a lot more level headed than she is. Going back to her and her revenge, i might have been more sympathetic if they didnt throw in the sidequest of her going to england, meeting haythams sister and reading haythams letters about uniting the factions. For like 2.5 seconds she was motivated to do this as it was the "third way" her mom wanted, and she talked about how there was too much bloodshed. Then this is all flushed down the toilet when the book gets into the events of the game and she goes on about how low she thinks of the assassins how she doesnt trust them blah blah she just wants the final stab at Germain. Im just so jaded right now, you dont get a free pass from me just because you are a girl video game character if your personality bothers me it doesnt matter which gender you are you still suck thats about all im going to comment on that damn protag debate people were up in arms about when this game was revealed. If there was one thing i appreciated about this book is that it reveals how arno got back into the brotherhood (after he got kicked out because the council said he was too wrapped up in elises revenge) its because elise leaves haythams letters for him and i guess thats how he wins back their favor. I might add more to this later but for now like i said, im disappointed. And for the record if any templar girl deserves her own game or dlc its Maria. Last but not least, despite this rant, Dont let my opinion keep you from reading the book because it does fill in the blanks of the game but its just my own personality and experience reading teen-novels featuring heroines like this that i just dont have the patience for them.
Maybe because i didnt know the plot of the game previous reading the book its why i loved it so much! Very good! Recommended
I enjoyed the love story and the idea of peace between the 2 creeds. A continuation of Haytham's hopes. But of course that never happened. I enjoyed the book nonetheless. Definitely better and more in track of the Assassin's Creed brand as compared to Black Flag.
adventurous
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I personally have not completed any of the Assassin’s Creed games, but this book was enjoyable nonetheless. High praise to the author’s writing style, I really liked it.
One thing I wasn’t a fan of was the shifting dates because it was hard to keep up with at times. I did realize at the end it’s quite important to the story though.
Would definitely consider reading more from this series! (*cough cough* need to eventually play the games too...)
One thing I wasn’t a fan of was the shifting dates because it was hard to keep up with at times. I did realize at the end it’s quite important to the story though.
Would definitely consider reading more from this series! (*cough cough* need to eventually play the games too...)