The book shows very well how the early idea of a perfect society, the construction phase and ultimately to the demise leads. There are 3 characters in the book, which promises a lot. Many other characters were unfortunately only superficially illuminated, so that one could rarely empathize with them. The notation brings a feeling this eingeferchten society across well. How does a really brilliant idea developed into a nightmare, because people just can not change. Some details that would have been important to me were explained in my opinion too crude. How could obstruct Ryan in his underwater formations discs that can withstand the extreme pressure under water? Reason: through its newfound Metal Ryananium. Interesting would have been what it is exactly how it was discovered, etc. Another point of criticism are the listed recordings. In the games you will find desöftern tape recordings that tell of the time before the rebellion. Monologues of people who received their thoughts. I book these tapes quoted almost completely. Often the atmosphere at the shooting goes very well. Elsewhere, however, the descriptions appear to the conditions in the recordings rather poor. As one would you really want to have in the book, at any cost. So sometimes you have places like: Mr. X was sitting at his desk in Y. In front of him a tape which he turned - "Sound recording" - he ended the tape and leaned back. How could it go on?
Conclusion: All in all a very good book, which brings closer the history of Rapture very good. Anyone interested in this storyline, will be able to ignore using the small shortcomings.
