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"Assassin's Creed: Forsaken (Assassin's Creed #5)" by Oliver BowdenRating: ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣
Bowden's best, so far. As an author, he has made so much progress since his first Assassin's Creed book. His characters are now much more complex and the writing flows more smoothly, it doesn't feel like a game taken to paper with little bits of story thrown here and there anymore, it's a real adventure in a historical setting. And where Ezio and Altaïr were entirely positive characters, Haytham and Connor are less so. Haytham is arrogant and pompous, too pragmatic and cold. Connor is naive and inexperienced, so convinced of his own truth that he takes everything that doesn't align with it as an attack on his beliefs. Yes, these two aren't as likable as Bowden's previous characters, yet they are much more engaging to read about.
