I'm sure I would have reviewed this differently if I hadn't played the games.
Also, the style of speech of the characters was utterly ridiculous and doesn’t seem to fit the era it is portrayed as being in - the amount of swearing inside was uncalled for and feels like it was only there to pander to the young adults it was aimed at.Very disappointed with the book and do not have very high expectations of the following books (which I will attempt to read seeing as I paid for them) - they are pretty much at the bottom of my “to read” list after this effort! Read more The book retells the events of the Assassin’s Creed 2 video game, which I have not played, and I am told it is pretty much the same as this book.Which is where my problems with the book started.You can clearly tell the book is a retelling of a game as you can almost hear the achievements/trophies unlocking when Ezio, the protagonist, completes various events events within the pages of the book, everything felt as if it was laid out in front him and not necessarily done for any other reason than a visual experience… but this was a book where imagination could have created some magnificent scenes.There is no development between the different “levels” of the game/book hybrid (whatever you want to call it) and the people he meets feel like just names on a page - no development at all.Finally, why, when the book is set in Italy, would the characters flit between their native language (Italian displayed in English) to a foreign language (effectively English/Latin depicted as Italian/Latin) on almost every page of the book? A translation is provided at the back of the book to assist with this but I honestly thought that was pointless - I eventually gave up looking the words up and just guessed at what they could mean. The book started off at a very good pace, likely aimed at the “young adult” generation due to the style of writing.
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