Torment : Based on the Best-Selling Computer Games from Interplay Book

This book is far better than the ratings suggest, and for anyone first hearing about it now, you may be unaware as to why. This is a novelization of one of the most well-loved and sprawling computer RPGs of the 90s. It is absolutely massive, taking around 100 hours for story completion. Understand all that. Good. Now go look at the page count. 256. It's no wonder that the the book has bad ratings, as its core fanbase must have loathed it for the 90+ hours of the game that did not make it into the book.

However, coming at it with fresh eyes as a fan of the DnD campaign setting, Planescape, but having not played the crpg, I found it to be a very good read. The prose is much better than is to be expected for DnD novels, and just fairly good in general. The characters are good, if a bit cliche, and the plot, while clearly rushed in some parts is still very satisfying. I especially enjoyed the atmosphere of the novel. Separating the novel from its source material, I give it a solid 4 stars, and it's one of the few books I'd be willing to reread.