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Halo: Hunters in the Dark
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Started off with near infinite potential: tension between the Sangheili and humans, old rivalries, frightening technology and high-concept sharpness, and an ancient landscape familiar to anyone who knows Halo Canon...
...and after the 100 or so page mark, it all came crashing and burning down in a burning carcass of scenarios so repetitive they're eye-roll worthy, dull action sequences, cardboard characters, and a fumbling, desperate attempt to install character empathy with only a dozen or so pages left in the thing. This could have been a fantastic entry in the Halo novels - perhaps even better than Glasslands. But it stands amoung the worst: wasted potential and soulless. It earns itself a 2.5 due to it's clarity (a skill that Greg Bear seems utterly incapable of applying to his attempts at tackling Halo canon), but my hopes were dashed too hard to give it anymore than that.
We deserve better.
...and after the 100 or so page mark, it all came crashing and burning down in a burning carcass of scenarios so repetitive they're eye-roll worthy, dull action sequences, cardboard characters, and a fumbling, desperate attempt to install character empathy with only a dozen or so pages left in the thing. This could have been a fantastic entry in the Halo novels - perhaps even better than Glasslands. But it stands amoung the worst: wasted potential and soulless. It earns itself a 2.5 due to it's clarity (a skill that Greg Bear seems utterly incapable of applying to his attempts at tackling Halo canon), but my hopes were dashed too hard to give it anymore than that.
We deserve better.
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September 6, 2016
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September 15, 2016
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September 15, 2016
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