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A review by fangsgirl99
Halo: Primordium by Greg Bear
4.0
The second of the Forerunner series was a bit of a let down for me, in comparison to the first book. It had the intensity, the drama, the ability to sway your sympathies from one species to another simply by change of perspective, all the power of a well-written book but in the end i was disappointed. The author changed one of his characters (the main from his first book, Cryptum) very drastically, turning him from a soul searching, true-to-himself young man into an exact copy of his mentor with no willful thought of his own. A huge letdown for a character that was so dynamic in the first book.
This book was also more confusing and without an easily followable central plotline. I think more could have been delivered but it was still a gripping read as far as the series storyline goes.
This book does give a more rounded perspective to the series though, which I appreciate. In this series, a universe is falling apart and the different perspectives of this reality-bending catastrophe from different individuals is wonderfully eye-opening.
This book was also more confusing and without an easily followable central plotline. I think more could have been delivered but it was still a gripping read as far as the series storyline goes.
This book does give a more rounded perspective to the series though, which I appreciate. In this series, a universe is falling apart and the different perspectives of this reality-bending catastrophe from different individuals is wonderfully eye-opening.