It isnt a happy book, but thats because it was never meant as an ending.
Instead, it kickstarted the long series to come.
He is shown to the reader in creative, scrappy training scenes.
Does the plot on the whole hold up to a re-read?
However, the lead-up to the attack loses steam during the (nevertheless entertaining) MJOLNIR training scenes.
She is the mother of both Chief and Cortana, and shes lost them both.
Imagine thatinstead of the Master Chief, John could have been an arrogant, unmotivated, overqualified couch potato.
Instead, hes the endearing, unrealistically skilled game character we all know.
Were also introduced to Cortana.
A chapter from the perspective of the AI Deja combines both in a particularly smooth fashion.
UnlikeHalo: Reach, the story isnt about the loss of a team.
Megan Crouse is a staff writer.
