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A review by joshuaedwardcrowe
Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade by Oliver Bowden, Andrew Holmes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Assassin's Creed is at the very top of my video game favourites list. I played the second game to begin with at the age of 12 and ever since I've been truly hooked. That blend of alternate history with a perspective from an outside but highly influential order of assassins really got my interested from the get-go. Those video games have had a stark range of qualities since the departure from the Ezio Trilogy, and I admittedly haven't really touched them since.
I came to this series of books hoping for a exploration of the ancestry alone (and if I'm lucky, in more depth), and in The Secret Crusade I got everything I hoped for and more. Bowden's writing is incredibly fluid; the chapters are nicely paced out so you feel the progression throughout your reading; and even though written fight scenes blend into one another, you can really soak in the pure amount of detail.
I loved this book so much. It was nice to have a book that I struggled to tear myself away from.
I came to this series of books hoping for a exploration of the ancestry alone (and if I'm lucky, in more depth), and in The Secret Crusade I got everything I hoped for and more. Bowden's writing is incredibly fluid; the chapters are nicely paced out so you feel the progression throughout your reading; and even though written fight scenes blend into one another, you can really soak in the pure amount of detail.
I loved this book so much. It was nice to have a book that I struggled to tear myself away from.