Baldur's Gate: The Thread

[Calemyr]

The novelization is that bad?

Oh, yes. Legendarily bad. The writer barely had cliff notes about the characters when writing it, apparently. Or the plot, for that matter. Some highlights I've heard about are Imoen, despite having no indication of it before, becoming a lesbian after spending a night with Phaere, Abdel picking up regeneration abilities that Wolverine would consider stupidly overpowered, and the aforementioned butchering of Minsc.

You can read Chainsaw Hobbit's attempt to do a let's read on it here.