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kvltprincess's review against another edition
3.0
A good introduction. It's nice to see my Boyz portrayed as a little more intelligent and put-together than they usually are. WAAAGH! Onto the next.
dpierson83's review against another edition
3.0
I love Dan Abnett's Warhammer 40,000 books, they're my favorite palate cleanser from reading oh-so-serious nonfiction books.
My only real knock on the book was that it was so short, and it ends with absolutely everything up in the air. It was an almost perfect entry point into what I understand to be a planned year-long storyline with contributions by various authors. I can't wait for the next installment.
My only real knock on the book was that it was so short, and it ends with absolutely everything up in the air. It was an almost perfect entry point into what I understand to be a planned year-long storyline with contributions by various authors. I can't wait for the next installment.
ratgrrrl's review against another edition
5.0
Great Start to the Waaaaghus Heresy
I had some trepidation picking this up and don't think I would have if I hadn't grabbed it in a sale and was finally going through my backlog, but this was a genuinely great start to an event series and I actually want to check the rest out now.
While it's impossible to replicate the Dark King and the Lightning Tower in a bottle of the Horus Heresy with it's history, characters, mythology, and the rest, this has great writing with a mix of perspectives, locations, and action with the absolute shambles of the aristocratic fascist Council of Terra and it's many unfriendly appendages.
I can only hope the rest of the series is as good.
I'm a total Toby Longworth fangirl, but I always forget how great Gareth Armstrong is and this is fantastic performance.
I had some trepidation picking this up and don't think I would have if I hadn't grabbed it in a sale and was finally going through my backlog, but this was a genuinely great start to an event series and I actually want to check the rest out now.
While it's impossible to replicate the Dark King and the Lightning Tower in a bottle of the Horus Heresy with it's history, characters, mythology, and the rest, this has great writing with a mix of perspectives, locations, and action with the absolute shambles of the aristocratic fascist Council of Terra and it's many unfriendly appendages.
I can only hope the rest of the series is as good.
I'm a total Toby Longworth fangirl, but I always forget how great Gareth Armstrong is and this is fantastic performance.
yuiscool's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
astator's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A thrilling and excellent read. The less you know the better it is. Great start to the series, hopefully the next titles are equally strong.
bandicoot's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kghdodge's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
elaineg's review against another edition
2.5
Short, first episode of a twelve-part cash grab. Functional writing by Dan Abnett sets up a bunch of storylines and if it were him writing the whole series I'd probably find some way to get the whole of it through the library. But it's not, so I'll not.
kavinay's review against another edition
5.0
Shockingly good. It's amazing how much better 40k gets with a touch of Discworld-ish wryness mixed into the grimdark.
Ever since Rogue Trader, 40k books and fluff have subtly been buying into their own emo-seriousness to the point you now wonder if the creators actually get how ridiculously the Imperium's fascism contributes to the dystopian aspect of the setting. Abnett is one of the few Black Library authors that can spin a good turn of fluff and inject some vibrancy of 40ks origins back into the universe.
Ever since Rogue Trader, 40k books and fluff have subtly been buying into their own emo-seriousness to the point you now wonder if the creators actually get how ridiculously the Imperium's fascism contributes to the dystopian aspect of the setting. Abnett is one of the few Black Library authors that can spin a good turn of fluff and inject some vibrancy of 40ks origins back into the universe.
trackofwords's review against another edition
4.0
With the Horus Heresy series at 30+ books and counting the last thing anyone expected Black Library to do was to start a brand new headline series, but that’s exactly what they’ve done, with Dan Abnett’s I Am Slaughter providing the opening book in a 12-strong series entitled The Beast Arises. Set after the Heresy but thousands of years before the main 40K timeline, with an Imperium essentially at peace, it sees almost the entire chapter of Imperial Fists in action on Ardamantua against the xenos Chromes. With the Fists fully occupied and Terra left unguarded, Grand Master Vangorich of the Officio Assassinorum watches and analyses the Imperial Senatorum, concerned about the petty politics which he believes risk the safety of the Imperium.
Read the rest of the review at https://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2015/12/28/i-am-slaughter-dan-abnett-the-beast-arises-book-one/
Read the rest of the review at https://trackofwords.wordpress.com/2015/12/28/i-am-slaughter-dan-abnett-the-beast-arises-book-one/