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The fourth official tie-in novel to MASS EFFECT, the award-winning videogame
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This novel continues the all-new, completely original story begun in the first three MASS EFFECT stories. The heroine, Gillian, was once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments, but now, after her rescue, she is beginning to master her amazing powers. But when she falls under the sway of a radical group who believes their powers make them superior to ordinary humans, she finds herself faced with a choice between her destiny . . . and her humanity.
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71 of 74 people found the following review helpful
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Okay, seriously. The only gaming book I'm aware that this guy's ever written was the Halo 1 adaptation. It was full of inaccuracies, out of character behaviour and generally showed a lack of understanding of the universe it was written in. It was the only truly bad Halo book, and he was never invited back to write another. Knowing that, I was wary of this book going in, but, I was determined to give it a fair shake.
Unfortunately, Dietz has shown the same casual disregard for the Mass Effect universe as he did for Halo. For a start, you should read this: [...] A document which, at current count, contains 48 fairly large inaccuracies for a man who claims to have read the three preceeding books. He skimmed them, at best.
But even disregarding that, if I were rating this story based on it's own merit? It's still terrible. Even if you have no experience of Mass Effect at all, and the issues I've mentioned so far mean nothing to you, you still shouldn't read this book. The plot is choppy, with little real direction or focus. Characters are handled poorly, with odd, unrealistic reactions to situations. A main character meets a girl, who looks upon him with "undeserved devotion". Next time we see them from a distance, they're holding hands, we assume they're suddenly boyfriend and girlfriend. The time after that, a random guard gets shot dead, and apparently it was the girl and "they were in love and about to be married". I might care about that or even believe it if she'd had more than 2 lines of dialogue, or more than a few fleeting non-speaking appearances. Another girl finds herself in possession of a secret message encoded into her necklace, containing holo footage of an event that occurred years after the necklace was given to her. One character, Mythra Zon, is routinely incorrectly referred to as Von. Sometimes both Zon and Von occur on the same page, within lines of each other. Another Mass Effect character, Barla Von, is given a brief cameo mention early in the book, so it might confuse you when "Von" starts showing up later in the book.
And that's just a few examples. A fairly important main character to the franchise, suddenly had an entire family invented for her. Even though we know her entire identity is fake. Apparently Dietz didn't. I realise this review is a little all over the place, but let's be honest, no one but Mass Effect fans are going to read it anyway. Trust me, this book is rubbish. Buy it if you're really curious. Don't buy it if you expect a good read, or if you expect to be happy with what he does with characters you might've enjoyed in previous books.
Unfortunately, Dietz has shown the same casual disregard for the Mass Effect universe as he did for Halo. For a start, you should read this: [...] A document which, at current count, contains 48 fairly large inaccuracies for a man who claims to have read the three preceeding books. He skimmed them, at best.
But even disregarding that, if I were rating this story based on it's own merit? It's still terrible. Even if you have no experience of Mass Effect at all, and the issues I've mentioned so far mean nothing to you, you still shouldn't read this book. The plot is choppy, with little real direction or focus. Characters are handled poorly, with odd, unrealistic reactions to situations. A main character meets a girl, who looks upon him with "undeserved devotion". Next time we see them from a distance, they're holding hands, we assume they're suddenly boyfriend and girlfriend. The time after that, a random guard gets shot dead, and apparently it was the girl and "they were in love and about to be married". I might care about that or even believe it if she'd had more than 2 lines of dialogue, or more than a few fleeting non-speaking appearances. Another girl finds herself in possession of a secret message encoded into her necklace, containing holo footage of an event that occurred years after the necklace was given to her. One character, Mythra Zon, is routinely incorrectly referred to as Von. Sometimes both Zon and Von occur on the same page, within lines of each other. Another Mass Effect character, Barla Von, is given a brief cameo mention early in the book, so it might confuse you when "Von" starts showing up later in the book.
And that's just a few examples. A fairly important main character to the franchise, suddenly had an entire family invented for her. Even though we know her entire identity is fake. Apparently Dietz didn't. I realise this review is a little all over the place, but let's be honest, no one but Mass Effect fans are going to read it anyway. Trust me, this book is rubbish. Buy it if you're really curious. Don't buy it if you expect a good read, or if you expect to be happy with what he does with characters you might've enjoyed in previous books.
52 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a hardcore Mass Effect fan through and through, I absolutely adore the franchise and I commend BioWare for creating something so epic and vast that I can't even begin to express how much I love and cherish their incredible universe. That is until Deception came into play.
I got this copy ahead of schedule and when I sat down to read what I was looking forward to for months, I was VERY disappointed. I found myself not reading Mass Effect, but reading what seemed to be an interpretation of Mass Effect by some random idiot who was listening to his buddy give him the abridged version after playing it themselves. This book is just painful to read, the lore inconsistencies occur so often, they can't be ignored. Character development is non-existent save for some VERY out of character moments like a dangerous no-nonsense assassin suddenly stealing cereal and urinating into vases, an autistic biotic girl who for some bizarre reason aged 3 extra years in the universe who "outgrew her autism" and decided to go shopping instead of hunting down the man who killed her father, abandoning what was essentially her family since the last book and the rest of the characters are just white noise, standing around doing nothing but giving exposition.
Everyone in this book is an idiot and I feel ashamed that BioWare even considered this to be a part of their lore. The writing makes me feel like the author is treating us all like idiots and I feel dirty just holding it in my hands. I implore people who want to read this book, DON'T GET IT! It's a waste of your money!
I got this copy ahead of schedule and when I sat down to read what I was looking forward to for months, I was VERY disappointed. I found myself not reading Mass Effect, but reading what seemed to be an interpretation of Mass Effect by some random idiot who was listening to his buddy give him the abridged version after playing it themselves. This book is just painful to read, the lore inconsistencies occur so often, they can't be ignored. Character development is non-existent save for some VERY out of character moments like a dangerous no-nonsense assassin suddenly stealing cereal and urinating into vases, an autistic biotic girl who for some bizarre reason aged 3 extra years in the universe who "outgrew her autism" and decided to go shopping instead of hunting down the man who killed her father, abandoning what was essentially her family since the last book and the rest of the characters are just white noise, standing around doing nothing but giving exposition.
Everyone in this book is an idiot and I feel ashamed that BioWare even considered this to be a part of their lore. The writing makes me feel like the author is treating us all like idiots and I feel dirty just holding it in my hands. I implore people who want to read this book, DON'T GET IT! It's a waste of your money!
39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are so many mistakes regards lore and generally ridiculous inconsistencies, along with inaccurate representations of characters already established in lore - describing a previously homosexual man engaging in very heterosexual behaviour for example - show this "book" to be a failure of a tale. I do not in any way, shape or form, recommend this to be read by anyone. Not newcomers to the series, not strangers to the series and especially not fans of the series; you will die inside.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Wait for the revised edition
It's not as bad as some of the reviews have made out, however it isn't great, or a patch on the first three novels. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mark Howe
Mass-ively disappointing
I am an addict for the Mass Effect universe. I am playing through the first game again right now and I've taken a week's holiday just so I can play through the third game in its... Read more
Published 2 months ago by spoonofmilk
Enraged and saddened...
I didn't buy this, I borrowed a friend's copy to read. He said he was going to set it on fire in the garden... he isn't the kind of guy into childish stunts... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dr. D. M. Hunt
Terrible
This is awful! Its a total embarrassment to the series, turning an epic and complex universe into a terrible, confused mess. Avoid at all costs! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Steve
Wait for the revised edition
Bioware have said they are bringing out a second version of this book to correct the inaccuracies and continuity errors. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Blackglasswar
What the?
Is this an official book?? i just dont know how bioware (creators of mass effect) have allowed this book to be published. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Gaza D
Hello editors were you sleep
Ah in preparation for Mass effect 3 coming out soon I thought it time to add the latest mass effect book to my collection. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paul
any other setting it would have been great
I feel this book is full of some rather annoying holes, but if you take the story as it is and change the names of the characters you would like it, but the fact that some of the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. J. Bond
ouch
Ok well I was really looking forward to this release as I'm THE biggest fan of mass effect that ever lived. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Craig
Ignorance isn't bliss...
One star!
I would say that taken out of the Mass Effect context this would be a science fiction potboiler akin to the short story compilations and novellas that were... Read more
I would say that taken out of the Mass Effect context this would be a science fiction potboiler akin to the short story compilations and novellas that were... Read more
Published 3 months ago by TopBuzz99
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