A review by samusiamus
Nexus Uprising by K. C. Alexander, Jason M. Hough
4.0
Such a great prequel novel, it makes me want to play the game again with this newfound knowledge. I understand Sloan Kelly and Tann a lot more now, and my opinion of Tann still hasn't changed: he is still a slimeball.
Some people feel that the novel dragged and focused on details and other things that didn't necessarily address the rebellion until the last 150 Pages or so. I disagree. I like reading all of the little things that the crew did just to keep the Nexus functional and all the windows into people's lives, it gave more personality and humanity to Andromeda as a game and as a world. Everything mattered, and added to what eventually built up to the frustrations of everyone involved including Tann.
Tann was never meant for a leadership role, it was really interesting to read his justifications for his decisions and just see how wrong they really were, and how he refused to understand it all from other perspectives. He only liked people who agreed with him because--according to him-- his decisions were always right so why wouldn't they agree with the right decision? Of course you're going to think it's the right decision, you came up with it! Lol
This book proves that BioWare DOES think about everything in their stories and how they accept everything else, no matter how insignificant it may seem. As usual, they are very detail oriented. :)
Four stars for the occasional confusing sentence or paragraph that didn't detail an action or skipped over an action, resulting in me having to reread them a couple times just to understand what's going on. Other than that, it was really good.
Some people feel that the novel dragged and focused on details and other things that didn't necessarily address the rebellion until the last 150 Pages or so. I disagree. I like reading all of the little things that the crew did just to keep the Nexus functional and all the windows into people's lives, it gave more personality and humanity to Andromeda as a game and as a world. Everything mattered, and added to what eventually built up to the frustrations of everyone involved including Tann.
Tann was never meant for a leadership role, it was really interesting to read his justifications for his decisions and just see how wrong they really were, and how he refused to understand it all from other perspectives. He only liked people who agreed with him because--according to him-- his decisions were always right so why wouldn't they agree with the right decision? Of course you're going to think it's the right decision, you came up with it! Lol
This book proves that BioWare DOES think about everything in their stories and how they accept everything else, no matter how insignificant it may seem. As usual, they are very detail oriented. :)
Four stars for the occasional confusing sentence or paragraph that didn't detail an action or skipped over an action, resulting in me having to reread them a couple times just to understand what's going on. Other than that, it was really good.