julien12's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
thewargrave's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Incredibly slow start, fantastic finish.
jamestheoreads's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
cutlassmeatmouth's review
5.0
It picked up around page 250, and got really good toward the end. Very well written, sympathetic characters. I really felt for the Thousand Sons and Magnus, they were trying to do good and they fucked up. They fell prey to ambition and vanity, something we can all relate to.
spacewolf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
This book was emotional. It isn't everyone's cup of tea as it deals with the esoteric legion known as A Thousand Sons. The Legion's primarch is of course Magnus The Red, whom I first encountered in False Gods where he came to warn Horus. I was curious and kinda liked Magnus right then. And I have always wanted to read his Legion's book.
I got what I wanted and this book kind of threw me off because in a way I was expecting Magnus to be this perfect zenned out primarch but lo and behold, this guy has his flaws and those flaws played parts in the climax of the book which will just make you cry.
I think the start of the book was unique but also a bit slow. It took ages for me to get familiar with the characters, especially the Rememberancers. I feel like the characters of the Legion weren't really flushed out but more time was spent in exploring what each faction did. A Thousand Son's powers are very diverse and I feel like the author explored more of that than the characters themselves. If you compare this to the Luna Wolves introductory novel which was Horus Rising, you could see the character development there pretty well. But here it wasn't there in the start but yes, later on in the book, it was enough to emotionally hook us in which was what we needed.
There are obviously a few questions unanswered in this book but I'll probably get them answered in the next book which will be Prospero Burns. The Space Wolves were cool. I don't know why everyone tends to hate them. I like them. But I like Thousand Sons more. I will remember Arhiman for a long time.
Best thing about this novel was the emotional connection towards the characters.
Not so best thing was the slow start.
Overall, I enjoyed it and I would put my favourite heresy novels somewhere like this:
Galaxy in Flames
Fulgrim
Horus Rising
A Thousand Sons
The Flight of the Eisenstien
False Gods
I got what I wanted and this book kind of threw me off because in a way I was expecting Magnus to be this perfect zenned out primarch but lo and behold, this guy has his flaws and those flaws played parts in the climax of the book which will just make you cry.
I think the start of the book was unique but also a bit slow. It took ages for me to get familiar with the characters, especially the Rememberancers. I feel like the characters of the Legion weren't really flushed out but more time was spent in exploring what each faction did. A Thousand Son's powers are very diverse and I feel like the author explored more of that than the characters themselves. If you compare this to the Luna Wolves introductory novel which was Horus Rising, you could see the character development there pretty well. But here it wasn't there in the start but yes, later on in the book, it was enough to emotionally hook us in which was what we needed.
There are obviously a few questions unanswered in this book but I'll probably get them answered in the next book which will be Prospero Burns. The Space Wolves were cool. I don't know why everyone tends to hate them. I like them. But I like Thousand Sons more. I will remember Arhiman for a long time.
Best thing about this novel was the emotional connection towards the characters.
Not so best thing was the slow start.
Overall, I enjoyed it and I would put my favourite heresy novels somewhere like this:
Galaxy in Flames
Fulgrim
Horus Rising
A Thousand Sons
The Flight of the Eisenstien
False Gods
roo182's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
pfaocle's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
arrebola's review
4.0
Bajo mi punto de vista el mejor libro de la saga hasta el momento.
Graham McNeill ha creado unas tramas que enganchan y donde no hay espacio para el relleno, como si pasaba en algunos libros anteriores.
Este libro viene cargado de transfondo de una Legion tan interesante como los Mil Hijos y con un primarca , Magnus, repleto de matices, algo que por desgracia no pasa con todos los primarcas en libros anteriores.
La emoción no para de crecer durante todo el libro y al final te quedas con ganas de más, es un libro que se hace corto.
Imprescindible
Graham McNeill ha creado unas tramas que enganchan y donde no hay espacio para el relleno, como si pasaba en algunos libros anteriores.
Este libro viene cargado de transfondo de una Legion tan interesante como los Mil Hijos y con un primarca , Magnus, repleto de matices, algo que por desgracia no pasa con todos los primarcas en libros anteriores.
La emoción no para de crecer durante todo el libro y al final te quedas con ganas de más, es un libro que se hace corto.
Imprescindible
itcamefromthepage's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
One of my favourite sci-fi books that I've ever read.
Going to be thinking on this one for quite some time.
Going to be thinking on this one for quite some time.