Dishonored - The Corroded Man (Video Game Saga) Kindle Edition

Personally, I think that the author did a pretty good job bringing the city of Dunwall, Corvo, Emily, and every other character from the Empire of the Isles from the video game world of Dishonored by Arkane Studios to the literary world. I found that he did a great job bringing them to life through his words, but, the story, after being so good and so high up around the beginning of the book went down as fast as lightning around the end of the story. Why? Because it turned kind of slow (and a little boring). But still, this was worth the read!Moving on, the author’s writing was pretty good, but at some points, I felt like it went painfully slow, and that brought the story down along with it. But it was still good. If you’re a fan of the games Dishonored and Dishonored 2, you’ll be familiar with most of the settings that are mentioned and brought to life throughout the story. For me, they were all very well portrayed and I loved how we were able to visit some old and known locations around Dunwall like: The Dunwall Tower, The Golden Cat, The Brigmore Mannor, The Boyle Mansion, and even the Slaughterhouse Row. I also loved the way this new location called Tyvia was described and shown throughout the story, and the important part it played with the back story of the main antagonist.Besides our favorite Royal Protector and Spymaster Corvo Attano and our dearest young Empress of the Isles Emily Kaldwin, we also get to meet with some good old friends from the first game (low chaos ending) like the Lady Boyle, Slackjaw, and James Curnow. And also some new ones like Galia Fleet, Rinaldo Escobar, Yul Khulan, Wyman, Zhukov, and if you haven’t played Dishonored 2 yet, Mortimer Ramsey. What I loved about them was the way they were introduced and developed through the story and how close they felt to the characters we get to meet on the video games. Thanks to this, I felt like through most of the story I was playing like a DLC or something of Dishonored/Dishonored 2, instead of reading a novel about it! Woohoo!In the end, The Corroded Man was an unexpectedly good addition to the Dishonored series and I so can’t wait to get more of it! The story and the writing might’ve turned quite slow around the end of the book, but the rest of this new journey for Corvo and Emily was all kinds of fun and interesting thanks to this new antagonist and all the weird shit he did to acquire the Outsider’s mark and new and interesting powers. For what? For something you will not see coming!

I'm rather wary of video game fiction as a general rule. Not because I don't want to give it a try but because so much of it is a shameless cash-in. There's exceptions, mind you, but they tend to be diamonds in the rough. Nevertheless, I wanted to give this work a try and see if it was better than the forgettable Wyrmwood Deceit comic book. I'm a huge Dishonored fan so I was hoping Adam Christopher would do a great job. Did he? Well, he did an entertaining job, which was better than I expected. It's not going to convince anyone video game adaptation work is a new medium but it's still a pretty decent adventure novel even without the tie-in elements. The premise of the book is Zhukov, a prisoner from the Russian-esque Tyvia, escapes from a frozen prison with the aid of his newly-acquired supernatural powers. Wanting nothing more than revenge against the people who unjustly imprisoned him, he sets out to Dunwall in order to acquire the means of doing so. Meanwhile, a year before the events of Dishonored 2, Empress Emily Kaldwin is enjoying her newfound freedom gained by studying as a assassin under her father, Corvo Attano. Emily chances on Zhukov's newly-acquired minions in a revived Whalers assassins guild while they're robbing graves, putting her on a collision course with the organization. I really liked the Corroded Man for giving me what I wanted from Dishonored 2, which was Corvo and Emily working together on a case. Seeing the two play off one another is quite entertaining and Adam Christopher captures an easy going relationship which is quite heartwarming. Corvo Attano wants to protect his daughter from all the evils of the world and has become a very competent spymaster as a result. However, he also is too protective and has indulged his daughter too much as she's become focused more on adventure than ruling her country. Zhukov is a great character and represents a nice alternative to the somewhat whitewashed Corvo and Princess Emily. He's definitely a "High Chaos" run of the standard Dishonored protagonist and not without his own understandable grievances as well as discernible code of honor. Much of the book is about finding out what he's got planned and how it all fits together with the setting's mythology. Despite looking like a combination of Hush and Freddy Krueger, he's a character you can believe people will follow. The supporting cast is also quite good with Gaylia as a former member of the Whalers assassins guild and the introduction of Empress Emily's lover Wyman, who is kept gender neutral for reasons which I think were well-intentioned but limit Wyman's development. I even liked the inclusion of Esme Boyle, minor character from the original Dishonored game who has gone on to be a high society matriarch. If I have any complaints about the plot, it's that the book is a little too morally straight-laced. Dishonored was a game where the "good" play through had you send two men to be worked to death in a mine, a woman kidnapped to be given to her stalker, and another branded as a heretic in a society which ostracizes said beings. I would have preferred a little more darkness from our heroes but this is a complaint which extends to Dishonored 2 and might not have been the author's choice. The writer also feels the need to make things feel a little more 'gamey' than they necessarily should. Much is made of Princess Emily sneaking around and basically playing out levels as if she were a video game character. I would have preferred a greater focus on the emotions of the characters and their sense of danger. I also felt a number of interesting characters were unceremoniously killed off when their stories had been laid out for something more. Some readers will dislike this sort of writing style but I was okay with it. I will forgive a lot for a chance to get back to Dunwall and visit with old friends. The Corroded Man is full of action, adventure, and quite a bit of character development for the series' protagonists. I recommend fans of the series pick it up and even those who aren't familiar with the games will probably enjoy it as a fun steampunk fantasy adventure. I hope future books will recapture the original game's darkness, though.9/10

The book itself is a good read, the book's condition wasn't great though. One corner was badly crushed and one edge was really scuffed.

Es un gran libro que ayuda mucho en la expansion del universo de Dishonored. Realmente una compra recomendada, desde el prologo sabrás si es tu tipo de libro o no, pero si leiste las mil notas de los juegos, estas en casa. Como siempre, entrega incluso antes de tiempo y en perfecto estado.

Recommended to anyone who has played the games, and is looking for more Dishonored.People unfamiliar with the series may be put off by the amount of assumed knowledge required.As the headline says, felt like playing the game, and there is nothing wrong with that

Es un buen libro para fans de la saga, me gusta que justo donde termina el libro empieza dishonored 2. Completamente recomendado.

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