A review by bosermoki
Avenging Son by Guy Haley
3.0
Overall entertaining, but it really suffers on some points.
There are simply too many POV characters who act in an expositional manner, but don't contribute to the narrative. It also seems that as the Flagship novel for the series that Guy Haley got bogged down doing a lot of background that may pay off in the longer term, but in the service of this novel, it does not.
If you're already a fan of 40k, the middle portion of the book will be fun for background and lore expansion, but if you're relatively new, the middle really bogs down and drags.
There are simply too many POV characters who act in an expositional manner, but don't contribute to the narrative. It also seems that as the Flagship novel for the series that Guy Haley got bogged down doing a lot of background that may pay off in the longer term, but in the service of this novel, it does not.
If you're already a fan of 40k, the middle portion of the book will be fun for background and lore expansion, but if you're relatively new, the middle really bogs down and drags.