A review by spacewolf
A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill

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