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* IdiotPlot: The entire subplot about Ensign Dowski is a ridiculous one. It was established ''very'' clearly in ''Literature/HaloTheFallOfReach'' that the Covenant ''never take prisoners'', and that all UNSC personnel were aware of this. For whatever reason, Ensign Dowski thinks that the Covenant will make an exception to the bridge crew, and suggests they surrender. Instead of talking her out of her idiotic plan and reminding her of the "take no prisoners" thing, the rest of crew [[DisproportionateRetribution flip out and vote to murder her]]. Keyes calms them down.... and then leaves Dowski tied to a chair to be killed by the Covenant. Not once does he consider the possibility that they might use her for information, and sure enough, Dowski leaks the whereabouts of her crew to the Covenant ''for the sole purpose of proving a point''. The Covenant bring her to her crew and then [[KillEmAll execute everyone except Keyes, Dowski included.]] The whole thing could have been avoided if Dowski hadn't inexplicably forgotten her training, the crew hadn't gotten unreasonably angry at the suggestion of an obviously stressed-out woman, and if Keyes hadn't made ''the single worst possible decision he could have'' in response.
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Endings don't count as TBSC means you stop caring before then endings can effect your opinion.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Another reason the book wasn't that well-received was that every subplot aside from John's ends in a KillEmAll, brought about chiefly by a single character picking up the IdiotBall; it's hard to get invested in ODST's story when you know they're DoomedByCanon whatever happens.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Another reason the book wasn't that well-received was that every subplot aside from John's ends in a KillEmAll, brought about chiefly by a single character picking up the IdiotBall; it's It's hard to get invested in ODST's story when you know they're DoomedByCanon whatever happens.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The general consensus is that this book introduces some good ideas to the ''Halo'' canon (this book was our fist look at Lekgolo society, as well as the first to look at the Human-Covenant War from the perspective of both the Covenant and the fan-favourite ODST's), but it also has to deal with the distraction of being a rote retelling of ''Combat Evolved''. A very commonly cited 'fix' for this book is to cut out the ''Combat Evolved'' parts and treat it more as an anthology of various stories during the Battle of Installation 04.
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* MemeticLoser: Zuka 'Zamamee is the butt of a lot of jokes among ''Halo'' fans, mostly for his repeated failure to assassinate the Chief and for ultimately being killed in a combat encounter that most ''Combat Evolved'' players would've completed in a few seconds using a Rocket Launcher.
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* SoOKItsAverage: This has remained the general consensus from the very day the book was released, and it is widely considered to be the worst of the ''Halo'' novels released during the original game trilogy's run, to the point where it is the only early ''Halo'' book that is ''not'' universally regarded as a foundational text of ''Halo'''s expanded universe. ''The Flood''[='s=] reputation also hasn't been helped by the fact that Dietz would go on to write what is generally considered [[Literature/MassEffectDeception one of the worst video game tie-in novels of all time]].
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* SoOKItsAverage: This has remained the general consensus from the very day the book was released, and released; while few ''Halo'' fans regard it is as bad enough to be considered as one of the worst video game tie-in novels of all time, it ''is'' widely considered to be the worst of the ''Halo'' novels released during the original game Bungie trilogy's run, to the point where it is the only early ''Halo'' book that is ''not'' universally regarded as a foundational text of ''Halo'''s expanded universe. Even attempts to reassess ''The Flood''[='s=] reputation also hasn't have been helped somewhat stymied by the fact that Dietz would go on to write what is ''is'' generally considered [[Literature/MassEffectDeception one of the worst video game tie-in novels of all time]].
