Reviews

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: No Guts, No Glory by M.K. England

sunsoar25's review

4.0

 M.K. England does a great job of capturing the voices of the Guardians of the Galaxy and I hope they do another one of these books. 

cloneknight's review

4.0

Quite the fun read and with great ties to the game. I can already feel another playthrough coming up.

owyn's review

3.0

this read like a mid fanfiction. unfortunately that is exactly my type of literature. fun story tho and i <3 peter quill in all forms

abigail_reads06's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

staticsmouse's review

I was struggling to follow the back and forth timeline, plus it's reading very childish.

essgeearr's review

3.0

More of a 3.5. Entertaining and captures the characters voices well.

ktjawrites's review

5.0

Whether you read this before or after playing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, it’s a wonderful accompaniment to the game.

fandom4ever's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense 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

5.0

When I learned Eidos-Montreal’s fabulous video game, Guardians of the Galaxy, had a prequel novelization, I immediately had to get my hands on a copy. The game was so much fun with its amazing story, characterization, gameplay, and visuals I expected great things for Guardians of the Galaxy: No Guts, No Glory. And I was not disappointed. 

This book is excellent. The story draws from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning’s 2008 Guardians of the Galaxy comics along with the Annihilation storyline, just as the game did. It goes back and forth between present day: with the newly formed but not yet truly a team, Guardians of the Galaxy, and 12 years prior: to wartime and the battle on Mercury against the Chitauri. Here we get all the backstory to what was mentioned in the game, including the story of Ko-Rel and her past with Peter. I really liked the running parallel stories of Peter and the Guardians on Mercury with Peter and the Resistance in the same base twelve years earlier. They played off each other very well and did not cause any spoilers. 

You don’t have to have played the game to pick up and understand this story. But if you have played it, things that were talked about in game will have greater understanding and there will be things that happen or are mentioned in the book that you’ll know how it ends up in game. 

I began to have my suspicions about who the traitor and the squatter could be about halfway through the book and I enjoyed the journey to the reveal immensely. The book ends leading right up to the game, with the team discussing Lady Hellbender and the Quarantine Zone. It was a fast-paced book that I couldn’t put down. Each of the Guardians are characterized as they should be, fitting right with their game and comic counterparts, and the other characters are equally as interesting. If you’ve played the video game or love the Guardians of the Galaxy, this book will not disappoint! 

annsbibliotherapy's review against another edition

4.0

This was a really interesting fun read, well listen. I wasn't sure how much Gusrdians of the Galaxy history I would need to know to understand or enjoy this book but the author did a fantastic job with flash backs, different time spans, and giving enough information that Eben if you haven't seen the movies you could still really enjoy this story.
The story itself was something I could see playing out in my mind which is a true compliment to both the author and the Narrator. I truly enjoyed this audiobook and will be listening to more in the future.
I can not say enough how wonderful this Narrator was, he felt like a character more than just a voice reading the dialog, amazing job there.
If I could give this one 4.5 stars I would.

silverscreenreader's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0