God of War - The Official Novelization

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As Atreus tries to focus on shooting down the deer and not let his emotions cloud his mind, Kratos will become impatient and urges Atreus by saying "Take the shot, boy. When Faye unexpectedly dies years later Kratos is suddenly left behind with his son, with who he shares a troubled bond. There were games followed by more games at first headline grabbing then declining into convoluted iteration as the series grew older. In conclusion: I would gladly listen to Alistair Duncan read me myths for approximately the rest of my natural life, and I still love the game. Then, this feels like Kratos had been gone for a few hours – instead, if he’d truly been gone for almost two days, why didn’t Atreus specify the amount of time, when it would’ve been the most natural answer?

The writing was all over the place, which did quite affect my reading experience, but I've been a God of War fan since I was a teenager, so looking past the lacking writing wasn't that big of a deal. The book offers fans of the game something extra in the form of a worthy companion piece that sits beside the game as a welcome addition to the God of War franchise evoking the spirit of the game. He is tasked by the deities to kill the God of War, Ares, after he wreaks havoc upon the city of Athen in spite of his sister, Athena. One thing that also stood out to me was how the author made a stylistic choice to have everyone speak the same way - which is to say, the Kratos way, without abbreviations. When the latter tried to make her to come to him, Jöphie ignores him as she only goes to Laufey and not anyone else.

This heir of one of the country’s richest families finds himself wandering the streets of the city he dwells at the tinder age of fifteen. Barlog currently lives with his wife in Southern California, where he is busy writing sequels to his popular novels The Heart of the Lion, Minno, and A Connecticut Nightmare.

He quickly gets forgotten and his existence descends to oblivion and seems his destiny is on a reverse course from riches to rags. I wasn't aware that a book about this game was being made, but when I discovered it on twitter a couple of days ago I could only jump into this world again.They also remove the part where Atreus yells at Sindri for not doing anything about his relationship with Brok, which makes Sindri's eventual reunion with him abrupt and unexplained. This, however, is totally understandable and Barlog can’t be faulted for his focus on the main story. With this, the novel version of Jörmungandr is fully connected with his traditional mythology counterpart while the game version only spans Midgard's waters and the Lake of Nine, rather than the entire world itself. The setting, the creatures, the epic boss fights, Kratos, the main character, angry with a fiery rage, hell-bent on vengeance against the God’s, the sweet weaponry that he wielded, I mean, c’mon the Blades of Chaos are amazing! In the game it appears that Atreus was only waiting there for a few hours at least, where in the book it was almost a day and Atreus fought of plenty of Dark Elves during his father's absence.

His vengeance against the Gods of Olympus years behind him, Kratos now lives as a man in the realm of Norse gods and monsters. The white-skinned warrior then sets off on a journey to find the fabled Pandora's Box, the only object with enough power to slay a God.With the passage of time Kratos had aged, he had traded in the Blades of Chaos for a single axe, the Leviathan axe, his anger whilst still there was now more measured, he was more reflective, thoughtful and as a character, he was far more complex than ever before. For those who've NOT played the game: Regardless of your existing GoW knowledge, this is an amazing adventure that, while taking some liberties, does an amazing job of utilizing Norse Mythology. His part of the speech IS still in the book, but it's haphazardly slapped onto an exchange that has nothing to do with Faye, Atreus and Kratos, or any of their relationships, but it's just sort of packed onto there as if the author suddenly remembered this was important, had to happen in Alfheim, and so put it there. It is polished and lovingly crafted so that I felt that the creators thought about and designed every single moment.

the book has an excellent plot with an unexpected ending and revelation, I’ve listened to this story in audible the narrator is superb perfect voice acting, I extremely recommend this if you are a God of war fan. If the adaptation of Ragnarok comes along, and it’s written by the same man, I’m afraid I’ll pass on that one. It also makes Kratos seem like a lunatic half the time, whereas in-game he comes across as skilled, controlled, confident and someone to rely on.Kratos doesn't doubt his son's abilities any longer and is more than happy to let Atreus fight along side him, without questioning him.