Would I recommend this book?



Don’t get me wrong, I love the game Final Fantasy 13 and the whole Final Fantasy universe. That’s why I bought this book - I wanted to know more about the characters, their background and their life before the events in the game.

But this book is just so boring and poorly written, I had to force myself over and over again to keep reading it. I thought about quitting several times. Maybe this book is better in it's original language or in English – I don’t know… I read the German version and it was really terrible. The book translator often repeated words and the dialogues seemed totally out of character.

Lightning is called “Hauptmann Haudegen” (which means something like captain swashbuckler) – seriously, when did somebody call her that in the game? The dialogues felt forced and awkward. I’m just happy that it’s over and hope the next one has a different translator and / or writer… I wouldn’t recommend this book, not even to a big Final Fantasy fan.