Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

As a long-time fan of the games, I gave the novels a chance about a month ago. I ordered the first two books and chewed through them in a matter of days, immediately running out and purchasing the 3rd. After finishing, I began waiting for the 4th one, Deception. I was a little apprehensive after seeing Drew Karpyshyn's name replaced by William Dietz, but I thought I'd give it a chance anyway, securing an early copy. This is where things took a turn, and by "turn" I mean drove through the guard rail and right off the cliff. What Mr. Dietz has achieved here is nothing short of complete and utter destruction. He took a good, strong foundation of supplemental material crafted by Mr. Karpyshyn and burned it to the ground. Plagued with inconsistencies, insulting levels of retcon, and moments of seemingly non-existent knowledge of the source material, I cannot recommend this book to anyone if their intention is to actually read it. Mr. Dietz has taken something I felt very passionately and positive about, and ruined it. Do yourselves a favor and leave things at book 3. Some loose ends are far better to live with than what occurs within these pages. My only source of solace is knowing that there is a Kindle version, so fewer trees will have to die for this disaster.