Halo: Meridian Divide

Halo: Battle Born, Book 2

De: Cassandra Rose Clarke

Narrado por: Ryan Do, Caitlin Kelly, Lee Osorio, Angel Pean

Duración: 8 h y 31 m

Resumen del Editor

Discover the original novel set in the Halo universe, based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!

It’s been three months since the colony world of Meridian was invaded by the alien theocratic alliance known as the Covenant. Under the close watch of the military, teenagers Evie, Dorian, Saskia, and Victor have been put into an accelerated training program with ONI, the Office of Naval Intelligence. And to the quartet’s surprise, ONI has a mission for them: return to their hometown on Meridian and monitor the Covenant’s efforts to retrieve an ancient Forerunner artifact of untold power.

But what seems like a simple job quickly spirals out of their control. With the artifact at risk of falling into Covenant hands, the stakes are raised, and ONI tasks the teens and their team of militia fighters with extracting the artifact for study. After a series of missteps with command, the group must take matters into their own hand, journeying far behind enemy lines and into the heart of the war zones on a ravaged Meridian.

©2024 Cassandra Rose Clarke (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

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I liked a fresh perspective on the covenant war. It allows for the reader to put themselves in the shoes of everyday people having to deal with what are essential for a lack of a better team real monsters.

It was alright

Not my favorite book but still enjoyed listening. Didn't really like the different narrates at first but got the concept later in the listening. But overall alright.

An imperfect follow up.

The book does a better job of feeling more like a halo book but it loses some of the strengths of the first book. The characters lose their plot armor which is good. But they aren't as personable in this book. Again Dorian feels like the most realistic character of the four and has the best voice actor. Owen is a brick in this one, which is fine. But he wasn't in the last book.

Victor definitely got the development he lacked in the first book but it doesn't really get as good of development as the others did. We need to see more into that character's thoughts and motivations. Evie and Saskia don't get as much development as they did in the first one, but thag is fine. Both were touched on and most of their character building was done in the first book.

In short, the story is more believable for a halo book but still feels a bit weird. All and all though, I enjoyed it. It was a charming little foray into ONI shenanigans and how less informed characters handle thing in the halo universe. I look forward to a possible continuation of this story.

Good and different

I like the fact that it’s different than the other books, it goes into the civilian struggle and I like it, the first book was a lot better but the second one really wasn’t far off either

These kids whine too much

It’s honestly better than the first book, but not by much. The kids constant whining towards the end gets to be a bit much. I find myself yelling at them while listening haha. Granted they are put into a not so great situation but against the backdrop of the war as a whole I don’t feel much sympathy of any for them.

Writing feels lazy

Motivations, characters, thoughts all feel lazy and poorly put together. There’s a good section of them just being angry because of a small lie.

if you're older than a teenager, It's Terrible.

The narrorators are good with their voice acting but having a different one each chapter makes it hard to follow sometimes with it being an audiobook and hearing a character speak with a different voice. Minor gripe I know. However I am growing more convinced that the story was written by a child and some editor polished it up to look decent. if you are a child you will love the fantasy of being able to jump in with a Spartan on a mission. If you are coming from a background of even just one of the other stories in the Haloverse then you will get more and more irritated at the characters written as obnoxious and naiive children that pout like toddlers. In no sense is this a good Halo story. The story is basic and you can easily guess what happens miles before you get to it. It's that dumb.
I hated it so much couldn't finish it.