Hello Spartans. I have a question about the Halo books
I’m actually reading Halo: Cryptum and I’m noticing that… is interesting because I generally love the Halo lore and I’m curious about Forerunners exc…
But at the same time, is boring. Is boring because in… about some pages, he tells about how the didact or a forerunner should move his body in order to put or remove an armor
I find this very boring and very unnecessary to talk a story. I have a question… does the Halo books become better and telling about a real story, or is the same for 300 pages?
Different books are written by different authors and tell different stories in different ways. I enjoy some less than others too. Even if the Forerunner trilogy books are written by the same person they are all written in completely different styles from each other.
While I like Cryptum I also relate to what you’re saying, I found it hard to focus at some points and found some aspects a bit boring. Then again, the book that follows Cryptum, “Primordial”, is one of my favourite Halo books ever written. If i interpret correctly what you mean with “real story” I think you’ll enjoy Primordium more.
Silentium will be a lot of shattered/fragmented stories from different times and places towards the end of the Forerunner Flood war. It might not be to your liking. But if you do manage to get through it the actual lore that is added to Halo in this book is mind-blowing.
Like most first books in a series they start off boring, but that is to just establish the characters and places in that book. If I remember correctly the book gets better towards the end. The second book builds off the first book so you can’t just skip the first book. The complete series is very well written and adds a lot to the lore of halo.
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> I don’t understand the question what does a real story mean to you?
Talking about the forerunner culture, why they have did those things, cultures, story and traditions about the main factions. It’s boring to read for two pages, how a forerunner should move his body to remove his armor or the very little details
The Forerunner trilogy can be jarring and unfamiliar in its composition next to your run of the mill military sci-fi adventure which is the bulk of the Halo books. It’s detailing an ancient civilisation with different attitudes, world circumstances, and even how they can conduct themselves.
Now as it pertains to the expanded lore of the books as a whole, there’s almost assuredly going to be different authors. Eric Nylund is the original architect of the lore and he’s hailed as being one of the best but with the frequency of material and direction they wanted to take things, it seems like the developers or whomever felt compelled to include other authors – different writers with varying points of interest on how to add to the lore. At least that’s my impression. It would be good if they could bring Nylund back into the fold to write some books. Joseph Staten, the author of Contact Harvest, returned after 8 years following his original contribution to write Shadow of Intent.
I myself am satisfied with the books as they are. The two primary authors they’re relying on appear to be Troy Denning and Kelly Gay with Matt Forbeck making it a tripartite group of creative developers on the writing side of things. I do wish there was more consequentiality with the core cast since we haven’t witnessed it in a while.
Honestly the Forerunner saga is without a shadow of a doubt my favourite novels in the series and one of my favourite book series in general.
That being said, I was caught off guard when I first read them years ago. I went into cryptum expecting a grand scale, Star wars action adventure. I ended up loving them for the more personal story arcs and for the cosmic horror. You’ll view the flood and gravemind very differently after reading them.
I’d say keep going with Cryptum, the story does pick and get really exciting. Primordium is my favourite book in the trilogy, its by far the darkest and most mysterious of the novels and Silentium is amazing and puts a whole new perspective on Halo 4. At least in my case I found more reasons to appreciate Halo 4 lol. Mind you, it should have still been all been explained in the game itself haha