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Horus Rising by Dan Abnett

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cbinx85's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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fastasashark's review against another edition

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5.0

Was my first foray into Warhammer and very much enjoyed it. It was surprisingly well written and even though I'd never played Warhammer I found the story and world/characters pretty easy to follow. Really liked Loken as a character.

superiour_medium's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Erebus that scoundrel

protocolture's review against another edition

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3.0

I cannot help but compare this book to my favorite Dan Abnett story, Embedded. There is a similar story here, Abnett uses human journalists as point of view characters to investigate the Astartes. However, the execution falls somewhat flat. The heavy weight of 40k lore prevents the journalists from getting too close to the action, and it also prevents Abnett from innovating as far as he clearly wanted to with the almost really cool antagonists he created for this book.

gregj's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

cavedknave's review against another edition

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5.0

Atmospheric, intense, hits the landing both when being serious as well it's being tongue in cheek.
One moment I was nodding along to a conversation on myth, the next I'm laughing at a cheeky biblical quote thrown in. A strong start to a great series.