paulopaperbooksonly's review
4.0
A good addition to the Gotrek Series. No doubt about it. Nathan Long as a different way of writing G&F stories but they are great nevertheless. But unfortunally now he stopped writing and other books are being written that don't follow the straight line they were travelling so far.
In this book we start right after last one (Manslayer) with Gotrek morose because he couldn't arrive at the last battle in the Storm of Chaos Invasion. After meeting with some old friends (Max) they search for something that might destroy the Olde Worlde by a elven reliquary long thought to be lost.
In this book, Thanquol also appears and in this book they come face to face, which never happened before. Right until now, they had battle Skaven but never learn of the Grey Seer. This was done in such a way that I laugh. So much energy, years, power and Gotrek and Felix never even heard of Thanquol.
Here they battle dark elves, pirates, skaven and even sharks. I really enjoy the last battle as Gotrek battles a Great Daemon of Slaanesh and when he says that Gotrek is meant to someone higher than it. What are they talking about??? What is greater than a Daemon Prince? A God? Which God? It's unfortunate that Long stopped writing, and we bet we won't be seeing the end until the "cow" stop making money.
In this book we start right after last one (Manslayer) with Gotrek morose because he couldn't arrive at the last battle in the Storm of Chaos Invasion. After meeting with some old friends (Max) they search for something that might destroy the Olde Worlde by a elven reliquary long thought to be lost.
In this book, Thanquol also appears and in this book they come face to face, which never happened before. Right until now, they had battle Skaven but never learn of the Grey Seer. This was done in such a way that I laugh. So much energy, years, power and Gotrek and Felix never even heard of Thanquol.
Here they battle dark elves, pirates, skaven and even sharks. I really enjoy the last battle as Gotrek battles a Great Daemon of Slaanesh and when he says that Gotrek is meant to someone higher than it. What are they talking about??? What is greater than a Daemon Prince? A God? Which God? It's unfortunate that Long stopped writing, and we bet we won't be seeing the end until the "cow" stop making money.
brittanybwrites's review
5.0
Okay...this book...this book, this book, this book. The middle part of this book made me squeamish (darn druchii jails....) but all in all, this was a good novel and I enjoyed it.
So basically...this book was about a dwarf named Gotrek and his human friend, Felix Jaeger, going to find a Harp that's with the dark elves, thanks to that stupid rat person that I can't name right now, and along with Max and Claudia, a seeress, they did get the Harp...but at the end it was destroyed, along with Gotrek (whom I hope is still living).
The one thing that freaked me out about the book was when they were in the druchii jail. The druchii jail....OMG I wouldn't survive. Just reading about what they had to do and what they had to eat from that cauldron....it honestly made me sick to my stomach. And those druchii was just....OMG I can't even think about it.
But even though this is a short book review, I did love it a lot :)
So basically...this book was about a dwarf named Gotrek and his human friend, Felix Jaeger, going to find a Harp that's with the dark elves, thanks to that stupid rat person that I can't name right now, and along with Max and Claudia, a seeress, they did get the Harp...but at the end it was destroyed, along with Gotrek (whom I hope is still living).
The one thing that freaked me out about the book was when they were in the druchii jail. The druchii jail....OMG I wouldn't survive. Just reading about what they had to do and what they had to eat from that cauldron....it honestly made me sick to my stomach. And those druchii was just....OMG I can't even think about it.
But even though this is a short book review, I did love it a lot :)
mayastone's review
5.0
This time Gotrek and Felix find themselves facing off a horde of Dark Elves when they agree to go on a quest with Max, an Elven scholar and a Seer who has her eye fixed on Felix much to his and Max’s displeasure.
As it seems to be the case with Long that is not at all how the story starts, in any case at the heart of the story is an ancient and very dangerous Elven weapon that must be either destroyed or put somewhere where it cannot be found (I won’t disclose what ends up happening). There is also a side story involving Felix and his father.
As it was hinted in Manslayer, the Grey Seer Skaven makes a re-appearance in this book and is determined to kidnap and use Felix and Gotrek for his own purposes, by this point he has far outlasted most Skaven at almost 60 years old.
We get to see the dark elves and how they live and treat others, as well as get a closer look at dwarves and their sense of honour, which is tested but manages to come back and stand firm much to the Slayers pleasure.
A fluid read with a lot packed in for such a small book, while I am enjoying the series I can’t help but wonder who will kill the Slayer? Such a creature/spirit/whatever will have the power to destroy everything and everyone else...unless it is so wounded by its battle with the Slayer that Felix is able to finish it off thus giving the Slayer his doom at the same time killing off such a formidable creature and leaving Felix to write his book (after all we do have snippets from “my travels with Gotrek” in the books...unless that’s Otto’s doing…).
As it seems to be the case with Long that is not at all how the story starts, in any case at the heart of the story is an ancient and very dangerous Elven weapon that must be either destroyed or put somewhere where it cannot be found (I won’t disclose what ends up happening). There is also a side story involving Felix and his father.
As it was hinted in Manslayer, the Grey Seer Skaven makes a re-appearance in this book and is determined to kidnap and use Felix and Gotrek for his own purposes, by this point he has far outlasted most Skaven at almost 60 years old.
We get to see the dark elves and how they live and treat others, as well as get a closer look at dwarves and their sense of honour, which is tested but manages to come back and stand firm much to the Slayers pleasure.
A fluid read with a lot packed in for such a small book, while I am enjoying the series I can’t help but wonder who will kill the Slayer? Such a creature/spirit/whatever will have the power to destroy everything and everyone else...unless it is so wounded by its battle with the Slayer that Felix is able to finish it off thus giving the Slayer his doom at the same time killing off such a formidable creature and leaving Felix to write his book (after all we do have snippets from “my travels with Gotrek” in the books...unless that’s Otto’s doing…).
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