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Dishonored #3
Dishonored: The Veiled Terror
The official new novel set in the world of Dishonored, the award-winning video game.
Billie Lurk has acheived the impossible: the Outsider has fallen. But now the Void is unbalanced, and soon the fate of the world is at stake.
From Tyvia to Serkonos, mysterious rifts in the fabric of reality have appeared--portals into the Void, with the potential to tear the world apart. Billie's search for the source of their instability sends her far from Dunwall, to a city cut in half by a rift, and to a kingdom recovering from civil war, where an uneasy truce reigns. A former assassin, smuggler, and bounty hunter, Billie's a born survivor, and she's the only one who can set things right--but to do so she must confront her own past, with world-altering results.
Billie Lurk has acheived the impossible: the Outsider has fallen. But now the Void is unbalanced, and soon the fate of the world is at stake.
From Tyvia to Serkonos, mysterious rifts in the fabric of reality have appeared--portals into the Void, with the potential to tear the world apart. Billie's search for the source of their instability sends her far from Dunwall, to a city cut in half by a rift, and to a kingdom recovering from civil war, where an uneasy truce reigns. A former assassin, smuggler, and bounty hunter, Billie's a born survivor, and she's the only one who can set things right--but to do so she must confront her own past, with world-altering results.
368 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 25, 2018
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About the author
Adam Christopher
48 books715 followersAdam Christopher is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith and Master of Evil, Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town. He has also written official tie-in novels for the hit CBS television show Elementary and the award-winning Dishonored video game franchise.
Co-creator of the twenty-first-century incarnation of Archie Comics superhero The Shield, Adam has also written for the universes of Doctor Who and World of Warcraft, and is a contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anniversary anthology series and the all-ages Star Wars Adventures comic.
Adam’s original novels include Made to Kill and The Burning Dark, among many others, and his debut novel Empire State was both a SciFi Now and Financial Times book of the year.
Co-creator of the twenty-first-century incarnation of Archie Comics superhero The Shield, Adam has also written for the universes of Doctor Who and World of Warcraft, and is a contributor to the internationally bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View anniversary anthology series and the all-ages Star Wars Adventures comic.
Adam’s original novels include Made to Kill and The Burning Dark, among many others, and his debut novel Empire State was both a SciFi Now and Financial Times book of the year.
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January 13, 2019
The Dishonored games are interesting, intricate and vibrant. The Dishonored novels are dull, formulaic and so, so boring. This, the last one, is the worst of the bunch. Some of my dislike comes from the flat characterization, with Billie a flimsy copy of the character she is in the games, and from a couple of retcons that, while minor, cheapen her in-game story without having any bearing on the one told in the book. Even if I wasn't a fan, though, and didn't come in with an already formed attachment or certain expectations on what I was going to get, I still wouldn't find much enjoyment on these pages. The plot is drab, moves slowly and hinges entirely on characters either not understanding things obvious to the reader, or making sudden leaps of logic because the author needs them to hurry up, move things along and start a new chapter. The prose grinds to tedious halts over and over, describing environments in minute detail that is rarely relevant. I like descriptive prose, but here it's done by way of listing items, one after the other, just naming all the objects and construction elements of a place before starting all over on the next page when the character goes somewhere else. The dialogue is 50% exposition, 50% caricature. Actually, most of the book is exposition, including the conclusion to the story which takes place mostly off the page. Spin-off novels based on videogames are rarely good, but this one is worse than most. Don't read it.
March 30, 2024
The final book in the trilogy, attempts to explore the aftermath of "Death of The Outsider," providing insight into the events following the conclusion of the Kaldwin Era. Despite the initial promise the book falls short of its promises, resulting in a disappointing read.
Readers are met with a slow pace for the majority of the book, with the story only gaining momentum in the final quarter. Unfortunately, by the time it becomes engaging, the book swiftly reaches its conclusion, leaving much to be desired in terms of resolution and fulfillment.
The narrative's attempt to incorporate some new aspects of magic feels awkward and out of place, even within the established magical system of the Dishonored games. This aspect further detracts from the overall cohesiveness of the story, contributing to the reader's sense of disconnect and disbelief.
Despite its shortcomings, one redeeming aspect of The Veiled Terror is its open-ended conclusion for one of the characters. This allows for interpretation and speculation, offering a glimmer of interest amidst an otherwise lackluster narrative.
Readers are met with a slow pace for the majority of the book, with the story only gaining momentum in the final quarter. Unfortunately, by the time it becomes engaging, the book swiftly reaches its conclusion, leaving much to be desired in terms of resolution and fulfillment.
The narrative's attempt to incorporate some new aspects of magic feels awkward and out of place, even within the established magical system of the Dishonored games. This aspect further detracts from the overall cohesiveness of the story, contributing to the reader's sense of disconnect and disbelief.
Despite its shortcomings, one redeeming aspect of The Veiled Terror is its open-ended conclusion for one of the characters. This allows for interpretation and speculation, offering a glimmer of interest amidst an otherwise lackluster narrative.
June 29, 2019
[2.5/5]
The vast majority of The Veiled Terror is the prequel of what I wanted the whole novel to be. If that makes sense.
I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed. It's not bad, just... a bit boring? It takes around 200 pages for everything to fall into place, and then 50 (rushed) pages later it's the end... when the story was really starting. Ah, so frustrating. I wanted timey wimey shenanigans, not 200 pages of exposition where, honestly, Billie was feeling like the shadow of her former self in Death of the Outsider. Oh, well. My fault for getting my hopes too high.
I did like learning more about the after-effect of the Outsider's Fall (Arkane won't tell us the canon ending of DotO, so mean!) and finally having a glimpse of Morley. I was very critical of the writing in the first novel, but it got better from one novel to another, to the point where the narration flows quite well in The Veiled Terror.
As I said it's not a bad book, it's just that, as far as we know, it's the last story set in the Emily Kaldwin Era. It had so much potential, but did not live up to it in my opinion...
Now, that leaves us with one last question: Shall we gather for whiskey and cigars tonight?
The vast majority of The Veiled Terror is the prequel of what I wanted the whole novel to be. If that makes sense.
I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed. It's not bad, just... a bit boring? It takes around 200 pages for everything to fall into place, and then 50 (rushed) pages later it's the end... when the story was really starting. Ah, so frustrating. I wanted timey wimey shenanigans, not 200 pages of exposition where, honestly, Billie was feeling like the shadow of her former self in Death of the Outsider. Oh, well. My fault for getting my hopes too high.
I did like learning more about the after-effect of the Outsider's Fall (Arkane won't tell us the canon ending of DotO, so mean!) and finally having a glimpse of Morley. I was very critical of the writing in the first novel, but it got better from one novel to another, to the point where the narration flows quite well in The Veiled Terror.
As I said it's not a bad book, it's just that, as far as we know, it's the last story set in the Emily Kaldwin Era. It had so much potential, but did not live up to it in my opinion...
Now, that leaves us with one last question: Shall we gather for whiskey and cigars tonight?
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September 8, 2019DNF @ page 87
I quite enjoyed the other Dishonored tie-in books by Adam Christopher, but this one was disappointing. Billie's characterization felt off to me, and I didn't care about any of the other characters introduced (Dribner was a watered-down, cliched, irritating Sokolov), and the plot didn't grab me.
I might pick this up another time and finish it, but I just don't care enough to devote my time to it right now.
I quite enjoyed the other Dishonored tie-in books by Adam Christopher, but this one was disappointing. Billie's characterization felt off to me, and I didn't care about any of the other characters introduced (Dribner was a watered-down, cliched, irritating Sokolov), and the plot didn't grab me.
I might pick this up another time and finish it, but I just don't care enough to devote my time to it right now.
October 3, 2018
So as another expansion to the Dishonored franchise, it's quite good and it ties up to the Wyrmwood Deceit, a graphic novel extension. So all of these might lead to the next game in the Dishonored series, or perhaps just another couple of novels.
The novel itself is short and was well-written, but the ending was somehow abrupt. It was hoping for something more after all the new things that was introduced in this book. It's a proper sequel to Death of the Outsider, nonetheless.
The novel itself is short and was well-written, but the ending was somehow abrupt. It was hoping for something more after all the new things that was introduced in this book. It's a proper sequel to Death of the Outsider, nonetheless.
July 1, 2019
Basically book about going somewhere, searching for something until something happens, this book took adaptation of the stealth game too literally. Moreover its full of cliches and dull characters. Hard to find any reason for reading it. It is a shame because previous Dishonored books were quite ok.
July 17, 2023
At first, I wondered what was happening -- I was having trouble concentrating on reading The Veiled Terror, I was losing my place, my mind was wandering. Then, I went on Goodreads and read some reviews. Turns out everyone agrees that the problem isn't me, it's that the book is boring.
I don't know if it's Adam Christopher's fault or if Arkane Studios hemmed him in or what, but it seems like there just isn't very much interesting that's allowed to happen in the Dishonored novels. The Veiled Terror at least has potential since it provides our only look at the world after the ending of Death of the Outsider (note: this novel shies away from declaring which ending is canon), but almost nothing happens for 200 pages. We already know something I won't spoil about where the story is going from Billie's appearance in The Return of Daud, but Christopher makes us sit through 200 pages of what amounts to Billie basically slowly walking around Dunwall, Morley, and specifically a mining operation in Morley. The mining operation is where I started to check out. I can't stress enough that barely anything of any consequence happens -- and the only thing that does happen was confusing enough that I thought I missed something.
If you really need to know more about the world of Dishonored, you do learn more about the kingdom of Morley and see the to-date most recent events that take place in The Veiled Terror. And you get closure on the out-of-nowhere ending of the Wyrmwood Deceit comics. But it feels like a short story of an epilogue to the series with paper-thin characters stretched painfully into a full-length novel that barely kept me interested. Pending any connections into a future Dishonored game, I think the ending of Death of the Outsider should suffice for most people. No real need to read this one.
I don't know if it's Adam Christopher's fault or if Arkane Studios hemmed him in or what, but it seems like there just isn't very much interesting that's allowed to happen in the Dishonored novels. The Veiled Terror at least has potential since it provides our only look at the world after the ending of Death of the Outsider (note: this novel shies away from declaring which ending is canon), but almost nothing happens for 200 pages. We already know something I won't spoil about where the story is going from Billie's appearance in The Return of Daud, but Christopher makes us sit through 200 pages of what amounts to Billie basically slowly walking around Dunwall, Morley, and specifically a mining operation in Morley. The mining operation is where I started to check out. I can't stress enough that barely anything of any consequence happens -- and the only thing that does happen was confusing enough that I thought I missed something.
If you really need to know more about the world of Dishonored, you do learn more about the kingdom of Morley and see the to-date most recent events that take place in The Veiled Terror. And you get closure on the out-of-nowhere ending of the Wyrmwood Deceit comics. But it feels like a short story of an epilogue to the series with paper-thin characters stretched painfully into a full-length novel that barely kept me interested. Pending any connections into a future Dishonored game, I think the ending of Death of the Outsider should suffice for most people. No real need to read this one.
August 7, 2021
Tretiu hru som len teraz začala hrať a teraz sa k nej ešte neviem vyjadriť.
Čo sa stalo pašeráčke a nájomnej vrahyni Billie Lurk je zvláštne, myslím tým to, ako prišla k pretvoreniu ruky a oka, ktoré získala z Prázdnoty od Cudzinca, mám pocit, že v hre to bolo len tak mimochodom... ten Cudzinec ma štve viac a viac. (Viac ako Babka Handrárka, br, ale tá bola v predchádzajúcich hrách mierne desivá.)
A čo sa týka knihy, nevadí, že je tu viac vysvetľovania. Je možné, že sa niečo viackrát opakuje, a že je to pre hráčov, čo sú kompletne zažraní aj trochu otravné, no mňa to fascinovalo. Práve tieto opisy a technické veci ukazujú spoločnosť, ktorá fungovala na veľrybom oleji, nie je to teda steampunk, ale whalepunk, alebo ako to nazvať. Získavanie energie z veľrýb je však už minulosťou, veľryby takmer vymreli, takže sa energia musí získavať aj inak. A práve nový zdroj má za následok rozpadávanie sa sveta. A tu nastupuje Billie, ktorá pátra po tom, ako zabrániť nestabilite, aj keď kvôli tomu musí cestovať na miesta, kde nemá čo hľadať. A pretváranie minulosti, aby sa zachránila súčasnosť je niekedy ťažšie ako sa zdá. Ak by som knihu čítala bez poznania predchádzajúcich častí hier, tieto vysvetlenia by boli skvelé. Spoločnosť zaslepených prírodovedcov, kráľ a kráľovná bojujúci v občianskej vojne, veľký stavebný projekt, krajina so záhanými trhlinami... Billie sa zakráda kade-tade, kniha je dočítaná a ja sa idem hrať. :)
A myslím, že si zopakujem aj predchádzajúce časti, je to závislosť... :)
Čo sa stalo pašeráčke a nájomnej vrahyni Billie Lurk je zvláštne, myslím tým to, ako prišla k pretvoreniu ruky a oka, ktoré získala z Prázdnoty od Cudzinca, mám pocit, že v hre to bolo len tak mimochodom... ten Cudzinec ma štve viac a viac. (Viac ako Babka Handrárka, br, ale tá bola v predchádzajúcich hrách mierne desivá.)
A čo sa týka knihy, nevadí, že je tu viac vysvetľovania. Je možné, že sa niečo viackrát opakuje, a že je to pre hráčov, čo sú kompletne zažraní aj trochu otravné, no mňa to fascinovalo. Práve tieto opisy a technické veci ukazujú spoločnosť, ktorá fungovala na veľrybom oleji, nie je to teda steampunk, ale whalepunk, alebo ako to nazvať. Získavanie energie z veľrýb je však už minulosťou, veľryby takmer vymreli, takže sa energia musí získavať aj inak. A práve nový zdroj má za následok rozpadávanie sa sveta. A tu nastupuje Billie, ktorá pátra po tom, ako zabrániť nestabilite, aj keď kvôli tomu musí cestovať na miesta, kde nemá čo hľadať. A pretváranie minulosti, aby sa zachránila súčasnosť je niekedy ťažšie ako sa zdá. Ak by som knihu čítala bez poznania predchádzajúcich častí hier, tieto vysvetlenia by boli skvelé. Spoločnosť zaslepených prírodovedcov, kráľ a kráľovná bojujúci v občianskej vojne, veľký stavebný projekt, krajina so záhanými trhlinami... Billie sa zakráda kade-tade, kniha je dočítaná a ja sa idem hrať. :)
A myslím, že si zopakujem aj predchádzajúce časti, je to závislosť... :)
March 10, 2019
This is probably Adam Christopher's best outing into the Dishonored verse, and I think that is because it is furthest from the video games. I don't know if there was ever an intention for this to bridge between games - there is certainly no news on the horizon of anything more from the series - but it seems like Christopher had a bit of a freer brief in this one, and acted accordingly. As such, there is no long painful description of how Billie Lurk's powers work, or how a stealth section of game play might play out. Instead, it is free flowing wall to wall action, and it improves the story no end. That being said, it falls into a typical bear trap for trilogy mid-books, in that the very cool set up at the end of Billie's first book, instead of being jumped right into, is set up yet again in this novel, only it takes the whole book rather than a single chapter. This is not to say the story wasn't compelling, but I spent the whole time waiting for something that never came, and instead looks set to be the next instalment in the novel tie-ins. I still can't entirely get on with Christopher's writing style either. One more "Sliver-of-the-dead-God's-eye" and I might have screamed, and there seemed to be a big show of the "Green Lady", a herb that it seems Billie is becoming addicted to, which was then dropped like a hot rock and never heard of again. Still, it was an enjoyable read and probably the best of the dishonored books so far.
February 6, 2025
So I have absolutely devoured this book. Absolutely loved it (with a few exceptions) and I think this is an incredible follow up to Dishonored Death of the Outsider game and series overall.
Billie has already been hinted at as an incredibly special person, before and after the events of the game, and this book really delved into that. The plot was so fast paced, a little bit too... railroaded to my liking, but still riveting. I think I learnt even more about her than from the game. I loved all the fighting sequences and was short but stunning.
One thing that did bother me was the amount of repetitions of what was said and done. Cut that out and add more lore, it would add a star to my rating for sure.
But! The amount of lore, however big or small, presented in this book is absolutely stunning. I have so much to think about. Especially everything in connection to the Void and its workings. I kept thinking about the Outsider, now that he's gone (the book doesn't confirm either outcome), but I will stand by
I think the book could be longer, I definitely wanted even more expansion of the lore and Morley. But as a video game book, I think it is genuinely good.
Billie has already been hinted at as an incredibly special person, before and after the events of the game, and this book really delved into that. The plot was so fast paced, a little bit too... railroaded to my liking, but still riveting. I think I learnt even more about her than from the game. I loved all the fighting sequences and was short but stunning.
One thing that did bother me was the amount of repetitions of what was said and done. Cut that out and add more lore, it would add a star to my rating for sure.
But! The amount of lore, however big or small, presented in this book is absolutely stunning. I have so much to think about. Especially everything in connection to the Void and its workings. I kept thinking about the Outsider, now that he's gone (the book doesn't confirm either outcome), but I will stand by
I think the book could be longer, I definitely wanted even more expansion of the lore and Morley. But as a video game book, I think it is genuinely good.
January 6, 2022
After hearing that this was the worst of the bunch of the novelizations, I was nonplussed about my speculations. However after the 4th chapter you see the writing on the wall, as we spend 9 pages contained in a tavern where absolutely nothing happens nor any useful information is derived. Then, if you're steadfast enough to continue, the author takes you on a monotonous journey through the machinations of a mining facility.....literally, pages and pages of the mundane operations. There was one point during this period where I was quite literally dozing off as I read the bland descriptions. Mind this, only to get to the end where the true reason for the rifts and void hollows is revealed and it is underwhelming to the point where I wanted to immolate myself in order to stop reading, however due to my new strategem I could not dnf. At first I did not wish to lambast this book.....but it is as it should be.
October 5, 2019
out of all three dishonored novels, this one is the weakest.
the book could have been a hundred pages long and delivered much more satisfaction than those long and pointless descriptions of rooms and machinery. no character serves a purpose greater than being absolutely and utterly boring, which is rather upsetting for me, personally, because i have always like billie and seeing her reduced to a meek imitation was killing the most of fun for me.
the plot was lifeless, pointless, and boring. no big explanation on what happened to the void and the world after the fall of the outsider. nothing but vagueing the lore or outright confusing it -- like confusing which one of billie's hands is the artificial one.
i was incredibly frustrated and literally had to force myself to read this book. i wanted to set it on fire at some point, but didn't bc ya know. gotta like that cover.
the book could have been a hundred pages long and delivered much more satisfaction than those long and pointless descriptions of rooms and machinery. no character serves a purpose greater than being absolutely and utterly boring, which is rather upsetting for me, personally, because i have always like billie and seeing her reduced to a meek imitation was killing the most of fun for me.
the plot was lifeless, pointless, and boring. no big explanation on what happened to the void and the world after the fall of the outsider. nothing but vagueing the lore or outright confusing it -- like confusing which one of billie's hands is the artificial one.
i was incredibly frustrated and literally had to force myself to read this book. i wanted to set it on fire at some point, but didn't bc ya know. gotta like that cover.
September 17, 2019
The Dishonored franchise is one of my favourite video game series; this is due to the rich storyline, the well developed characters and the plot twists. translating this into print is quite the undertaking, but they manage to bring the dark, violent, and beautiful world into this book series with enough attention to details that I truly enjoyed these books. Exploring the personalities of the antihero Daud and his apprentice, turned betrayer Billie Lurk is what makes this series worth playing/reading. I truly hope there is more to come from this world.
January 28, 2024
This was the weakest out of the three books. It was mostly telling rather than showing which took you out of the story more often than not. The author is a professional editor but it doesn't show within his own work. I found multiple mistakes throughout the story and the plot itself was just meh.
With that said I went into this knowing it wasn't going to be a masterpiece. It was a "just for fun" read for me to get my dishonored fix. I just wish the entire premise was hatched out better than it actually was.
With that said I went into this knowing it wasn't going to be a masterpiece. It was a "just for fun" read for me to get my dishonored fix. I just wish the entire premise was hatched out better than it actually was.
July 7, 2021
I love the world of Dishonored, but this series didn't do it justice. Plot was kind of okay, but the villains were absolutely shallow and a there were a lot of things that seemed redundant to the story. Only Billie herself was flashed out pretty well, but that is because she is in the games. Plot was resolved in last couple of pages in a very unsatisfactory way. I wanted to like this series, but it's just plain bad, sorry.
June 3, 2020
This one felt kind of constrained, it's set after the games but it felt like the author had been given very strict rules about what they could write about. Rather than a followup to the latest game it felt like a short story set after it with all the things you want to hear about out of bounds.
May 2, 2021
not much insight on the area where she was in Morley, with the King and Queen and their secret link to the Void. kinda clouded but still I loved the novel, loved the game more, made me question if my choice in Dishonored: DotO was really the right one or not haha.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 25, 2020
Riveting. A fine way to close the story arc that went on successfully for years.
March 3, 2020
The story was maybe resolved a tad too quickly and the abundance of MacGuffins too obvious, but I always enjoy spending more time in the world of Dishonored.
March 5, 2021
finally finished it! i took quite a few months to read it but I really enjoyed this
August 27, 2021
Personalmente me pareció el peor de los tres, y me sorprendió que resulte así porque el anterior me gusto. Esperaba otra cosa quizás.
July 11, 2021
I was about to settle on giving this 2 stars, but I decided to take one off solely for the disappointment I felt in this final chapter of the Dishonored series. The writing that had bothered me so much in the previous two books somehow manages to get even worse in this one, to the point that it made me lose interest in Billie Lurk. Billie Lurk!!
Information and plot points are repeatedly shoved in our faces with absolutely no subtlety, as if we are just too thick-headed to catch on. At one point Billie describes the phenomena she has witness throughout the empire, then repeats these same things to a group of scientists, THEN immediately after that conversation, proceeds to repeat to herself these same events as she mills over why the scientists don’t take her seriously. By now the background that sets up the plot has been explicitly summarized to us three times in the span of about fifty pages. The same thing happens a bit later on when Billie overhears another group of people conveniently giving exposition to the evil organizations plans, just to immediately repeat what she heard not even a full page later. I couldn’t help thinking “yes.. we know. We were there.”
The writing is so dull and formulaic. I feel like we spend more time learning about the layout of different rooms than we do on the plot. This seeps into the few action scenes that all come off as over explained and dragged down by the writing style. To top it all off, 90% of the action of the book comes in about 2 chapters near the end. I'm not going to criticize a book for having a climax or a "final battle", but when you spend the entire novel setting up the plot just to have it all resolve itself in a few pages, it feels like you realized you needed to end the book the night before the deadline.
The only character I really cared about was Billie, and that's largely due to her development in the games rather than her presence in this book. I dread to think what my opinion of her would have been if I had run into this novel first. She is touted as being this extremely skilled assassin and valuable ally to Emily/Corvo, which you clearly see in the games, but throughout the book she sort of just reacts to what is happening around her. She definitely is not written as the badass she is CLEARLY MEANT TO BE. Everyone else was so bland that I really could not get attached to any new characters.
1/5 stars for this Billie Lurk slander.
Information and plot points are repeatedly shoved in our faces with absolutely no subtlety, as if we are just too thick-headed to catch on. At one point Billie describes the phenomena she has witness throughout the empire, then repeats these same things to a group of scientists, THEN immediately after that conversation, proceeds to repeat to herself these same events as she mills over why the scientists don’t take her seriously. By now the background that sets up the plot has been explicitly summarized to us three times in the span of about fifty pages. The same thing happens a bit later on when Billie overhears another group of people conveniently giving exposition to the evil organizations plans, just to immediately repeat what she heard not even a full page later. I couldn’t help thinking “yes.. we know. We were there.”
The writing is so dull and formulaic. I feel like we spend more time learning about the layout of different rooms than we do on the plot. This seeps into the few action scenes that all come off as over explained and dragged down by the writing style. To top it all off, 90% of the action of the book comes in about 2 chapters near the end. I'm not going to criticize a book for having a climax or a "final battle", but when you spend the entire novel setting up the plot just to have it all resolve itself in a few pages, it feels like you realized you needed to end the book the night before the deadline.
The only character I really cared about was Billie, and that's largely due to her development in the games rather than her presence in this book. I dread to think what my opinion of her would have been if I had run into this novel first. She is touted as being this extremely skilled assassin and valuable ally to Emily/Corvo, which you clearly see in the games, but throughout the book she sort of just reacts to what is happening around her. She definitely is not written as the badass she is CLEARLY MEANT TO BE. Everyone else was so bland that I really could not get attached to any new characters.
1/5 stars for this Billie Lurk slander.
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January 29, 2019 Books can be like a magic trick, deceiving you from the very beginning. Dishonored: The Veiled Terror by Adam Christopher is not this however. It is full of lively action and has strong developing characters.
This book is a very well written book as it has many descriptive words and stories. This book follows Billie Lurk as she goes on a mission to find the source of portals that lead into the Void and could potentially rip the world apart. Billie’s story grows from the Dishonored games and she develops more as a person. Her personal life is explored at a more in-depth level. As we did not know in the Dishonored games but learned in this book is that she no longer has Void powers and instead has a lifeless arm and eye that once contained great power. This should encourage people to read this book more as it show cases the descriptive writing style of the author. Billie also goes to new places such as Karnaca and seems to find people from her past there. This place is full of high-profile people along with poor people struggling to survive. We learn Billie was once a poor person and barely survived the harsh winter. These old tales of her life are encouraging to the reader as she now has many things and does not have to survive like that anymore.
Another thing that is important in a book is descriptive actions and words. This book does that by explaining things on a very high level and gives details to things such as the sky and things like wild animals. An example of this would be the “lively, energetic butterflies that flew like waves gliding through the ocean” that we saw throughout the book. The butterflies did not have a major significance yet were still described with detail and were given attention throughout the story. Billie was struggling to overcome the challenges she faced during the novel yet she did at the end with the help of facing her fears and overcoming the obstacles she had.
While this book can seem slow near the beginning it moves on to be a very good book with great detail and character development. This book is worth the read and should be enjoyed for its strong attributes like Billie growing as a person and the descriptive stories that help the novel continue forward.
This book is a very well written book as it has many descriptive words and stories. This book follows Billie Lurk as she goes on a mission to find the source of portals that lead into the Void and could potentially rip the world apart. Billie’s story grows from the Dishonored games and she develops more as a person. Her personal life is explored at a more in-depth level. As we did not know in the Dishonored games but learned in this book is that she no longer has Void powers and instead has a lifeless arm and eye that once contained great power. This should encourage people to read this book more as it show cases the descriptive writing style of the author. Billie also goes to new places such as Karnaca and seems to find people from her past there. This place is full of high-profile people along with poor people struggling to survive. We learn Billie was once a poor person and barely survived the harsh winter. These old tales of her life are encouraging to the reader as she now has many things and does not have to survive like that anymore.
Another thing that is important in a book is descriptive actions and words. This book does that by explaining things on a very high level and gives details to things such as the sky and things like wild animals. An example of this would be the “lively, energetic butterflies that flew like waves gliding through the ocean” that we saw throughout the book. The butterflies did not have a major significance yet were still described with detail and were given attention throughout the story. Billie was struggling to overcome the challenges she faced during the novel yet she did at the end with the help of facing her fears and overcoming the obstacles she had.
While this book can seem slow near the beginning it moves on to be a very good book with great detail and character development. This book is worth the read and should be enjoyed for its strong attributes like Billie growing as a person and the descriptive stories that help the novel continue forward.
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