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Halo: Battle Born
by Cassandra Rose Clarke
A well written Halo novel with an unexceptional, but still tense and exciting plot. It is simple, but it does simplicity very well, and sometimes you need that too. They can't all save the galaxy.
Even though it is listed as a young adult novel, the focus isn't too heavy on teen stuff and it just feels like 4 civilians getting caught up in a larger problem. Which was very well done. The characters are like the plot: realistic, not too out of the ordinary and relatable.
Seeing the civilian perspective on the Human Covenant war was VERY refreshing for the Halo universe, where almost everyone is a soldier or scientist for the military. (Which again the novel does very well: every character has someone close who is in the military and again this aspect is very refreshing).
All in all you won't miss anything in the large picture of the Halo story, but fresh point of view, relatable characters and a background of an important planet make it a well written, very good(relatively speaking) relaxing novel in the Halo Universe.
Even though it is listed as a young adult novel, the focus isn't too heavy on teen stuff and it just feels like 4 civilians getting caught up in a larger problem. Which was very well done. The characters are like the plot: realistic, not too out of the ordinary and relatable.
Seeing the civilian perspective on the Human Covenant war was VERY refreshing for the Halo universe, where almost everyone is a soldier or scientist for the military. (Which again the novel does very well: every character has someone close who is in the military and again this aspect is very refreshing).
All in all you won't miss anything in the large picture of the Halo story, but fresh point of view, relatable characters and a background of an important planet make it a well written, very good(relatively speaking) relaxing novel in the Halo Universe.