One thing I kept in mind is that this novelization was originally written in Japanese by Hitori Nojima, also known as Kenji Yano, and then translated to English by Carley Radford. There were certain scenes that were written beautifully, where the emotions, thoughts and experiences of the characters were leading instead of just actions, which shows that the author is quite capable of writing something good, but it seems struggle appeared when the characters just did something without much else to it and having to translate that to prose. Most of the book was a bit ”he did this, he said that, she did that, she said this.” describing what is happening without actually making a story out of all of it. It felt like the book was somewhere halfway between a script written in prose and a rather condensed summary of the game. The writing, which felt a bit dry and unengaging to me. I consider this a huge plus, because even though this novelization was flawed, it didn’t ruin my experience with the story (which is really good), rather it has me wanting more of it.Īn important thing I want to touch upon is I thoroughly enjoyed this book as the story and world are just so unique and even though it wasn’t perfect, or perhaps because of it, reading this novella made me even more excited to play the game some time as I just want to experience the story in full with visuals and gameplay.
It was heavily carried by the already well written and well established story and worldbuilding created for the video game, as without that this book would simply not hold up.
If I have to be honest, it is my least favourite novelization/companion novel so far quality wise. While also finding himself in a conspiracy involving his dead Mother and sister that could bring about the extinction of mankind. Reuniting various bunkers and settlements to UCA’s Chiral Network. As Sam Bridges continues his journey across post apocalyptic America. Death Stranding takes place in a near post-apocalyptic future, and follows the footsteps of a courier named Sam Porter Bridges, who's tasked with rebuilding a kind of country-wide quasi-internet structure known as the Chiral Network, after a series of apocalyptic events have forced the remaining pockets of human civilization in the United States underground.ĭeath Stranding: Vol.
In case you're unfamiliar with the Death Stranding game. 02 by Hitori Nojima & translated by Carley Redford is the second novella in the two-part novelization based on the video game “Death Stranding.”
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