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Mass Effect

By: Drew Karpyshyn
Narrated by: David Colacci
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It's humankind versus a race of machines bent on harvesting organic life in this second official novel based on the BioWare video game.©2008 Drew Karpyshyn (P)2008 Tantor Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Space Opera

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Fun intermediate story but not a lot of suspense. The performance wasn't my favorite but you can get used to it.

Pretty good

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Yes, David Colacci's performance brought me into the story. His Illusive Man is perfect.

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Got this book after enjoying Mass Effect: Retribution. Overall, I didn't enjoy it as much but is still worth it for fans of the games and the story does shed more light on the concept of biotic abilities. I haven't read the first book (revelation?) but this one ties in great with Retribution.

Adds richness to the game franchise.

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This book covers the the space of time from the end of ME1 and the Start of ME2. This is done from the inner workings of Cerberus and their machinations in respect to creating superior biotics. I won't go into anymore detail but to say this let's you see the Illusive Man from a different perspective.
I gave it 3*'s due to David Colacci I think this is better read than the last ME book. However I think it would have been better served if they divided up the feminine voices to a female, Mr. Colacci's female voice grates on me.

A definite for ME fans!

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While I enjoyed David Colacci’s reading, it was impossible to get past the verbal mistakes as he read, the part where he pronounced “lived” with a long i as though he were saying “lively.” There were other parts where he substituted words or wasn’t consistent in the pronunciation of names and places.

Other than that, this was a fun read-along.

Narrative slip ups.

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It was Mass Effect but I had trouble staying interested in the story. Which is surprising considering I love other works by this author. The performance was good.

Mixed feelings.

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