" And so the universe continues its slow, meandering move towards oblivion. Very slow. And very meandering. There's a lot of walking herein; much to-ing and fro-ing around one of the titular Halos, admiring the scenery and following some remarkably uninteresting characters. Although Chakas and his retinue, being (for the most part) human, should be a little easier to relate to, their generally monolithic blandness does them few favours. Only the infrequent breaks as the narrative switches to the current franchise timeframe and the final few chapters really break up the monotony. The remainder is largely vague and conflicting teasing about more interesing topics. And walking. "
— PsypherPunk, 1/14/2014