As Sithking said, it's wonderfully done in the Ciaphas Cain style, but the lack of any real changes or surprises can make it rather hard to get through the first story if you've already read a dozen other novelizations of the first game.
Things do pick up in the second and third stories, I found the LI selection to be very intriguing. I'd recommend readers at least give it a shot.
A fun read, but...
As Sithking said, it's wonderfully done in the Ciaphas Cain style, but the lack of any real changes or surprises can make it rather hard to get through the first story if you've already read a dozen other novelizations of the first game.
Things do pick up in the second and third stories, I found the LI selection to be very intriguing. I'd recommend readers at least give it a shot.