Reviews

Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The official novel of the highly anticipated new game by Gordon Doherty

dam_aaron's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

lmninnie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

3.0

sabregirl's review against another edition

5.0

Thank you for including the Spartan Olympian falling off the boat and getting eaten by sharks. So glad that was included. Really sad though that the bleaker outcomes are what ends the book. Now I have to go play the game for the happy ending

iriszokas's review against another edition

3.0

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying that in my mind it was more like a gameplay then actual storytelling or action scene developing.

wombat_88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

wildwitch22's review against another edition

5.0

Loved it

Loved the story, I thought it was well written. The way it ends could leave it open for a continuation, I hope to see another story following Kassandra in the future

msdarkshadow's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

wizardingwisteria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Odyssey is one of my favorites in the AC series and one of the few that I have completed multiple times so I went into this book very excited. I love the author's writing style. Forgiving a handful of grammatical errors (at least in the first edition) I found his writing style to be so captivating. I fell in love with how he described the ancient cities and how Kassandra interacted within them.  Although it came with one major downside. The violence was turned up high. 

This retelling is so much more violent than the game. There are multiple torture scenes that are unyeilding in their descriptions of pain and suffering.  While the game is almost entirely about murder, the torture in this book was so much more intense and horrific.

This is a massive game summarized in a short book. I went in with the understanding that not every plot point could be hit in less than 400 pages yet still came out a bit underwhelmed. The ending was quite rushed and moved along so much faster than everything before.  An enjoyable read while I was sucked into the atmosphere, but I'm glad to move on from this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Gore

shoaib's review

4.0

I enjoyed reading it more than playing the actual game

callucinda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0