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	I liked Glasslands. I didn't love it. It was nicely written, and I liked Traviss' portrayal of the Elites and humans in it, especially dealing with the post-Schism political stuff. But mostly, it just felt like setup with not much payoff, which I'm sure was deliberate - it is, after all, the start of a trilogy. One thing I didn't like, though, was the unrelenting portrayal of Halsey as a monster - yes, she is, but that's the tragedy of Halsey, that she chose to do something monstrous, has been living with and trying to justify the regret all her life, and is now determined to make up for it. I interpreted the Parangosky/Halsey rivalry as rather petty, on Parangosky's end - not that she objected to the flash clones, because ONI has done far, far worse. But that she resented that Halsey undermined her by not telling her about it. Maybe not the author's intent, but that's how I saw it. Overall, though, looking forward to reading The Thursday War when I can. -- [[User:Morhek\|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 20:30, 5 October 2012 (EDT)		I liked Glasslands. I didn't love it. It was nicely written, and I liked Traviss' portrayal of the Elites and humans in it, especially dealing with the post-Schism political stuff. But mostly, it just felt like setup with not much payoff, which I'm sure was deliberate - it is, after all, the start of a trilogy. One thing I didn't like, though, was the unrelenting portrayal of Halsey as a monster - yes, she is, but that's the tragedy of Halsey, that she chose to do something monstrous, has been living with and trying to justify the regret all her life, and is now determined to make up for it. I interpreted the Parangosky/Halsey rivalry as rather petty, on Parangosky's end - not that she objected to the flash clones, because ONI has done far, far worse. But that she resented that Halsey undermined her by not telling her about it. Maybe not the author's intent, but that's how I saw it. Overall, though, looking forward to reading The Thursday War when I can. -- [[User:Morhek\|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 20:30, 5 October 2012 (EDT)
			:It had a nice story to tell, but, yeah, there were a few part that I didn't much care for. The negative aspects for me was nicely written by TVTropes [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/HaloGlasslands] Please note that not all of the tropes are negative, but there are certainly more than just a few, though. [[User talk:Missing Mandible\|Missing Mandible]] 18:21, 6 October 2012 (EDT)