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josh94mac's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bentheoverlordsbooks's review against another edition
dark
5.0
Dark ! Sickening ! Camp ! F*CKING AWESOME ! This book is all those things and more. I'm really enjoying my reading of the Heresy, and this is one of my favs so far. I really like seeing the build up to Horus' fall from another perspective and then continuing to past the previous points finale, this book focused on The Emperors Children and its frivolous and petulent leader Fulgrim, and his fall into decadence, debauchery and sin. I really liked the character work in this one, and seeing the more horrific body horror of the chaos marines, plus having a cast where some fall and some don't, and seeing the tensions form. It was also excellent seeing more Xenos in this book, especially the Craftworld stuff, its nice to finally see the Eldar at just being themselves, and continuing their skill at being totally useless. I also like that this series gives us non marine POVs and I really liked their storylines and how it tied into the fall.
The culmination on Istvan V was somehow just as good as Istvan III, and both are battles I'll never stop thinking of.
Just excellent, and I hope there are just as many epic moments to come.
The culmination on Istvan V was somehow just as good as Istvan III, and both are battles I'll never stop thinking of.
Just excellent, and I hope there are just as many epic moments to come.
steviewevie69's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
praeshock's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
3.0
st_ruben's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-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
4.25
The fifth book in the Horus Heresy series starts similar to the previous one; it recounts the events of the first three books from the perspective of a new legion/character. This time it’s the emperor’s children with their troubled, perfectionistic, primarch Fulgrim.
The books takes much longer to really show it’s hands compared to the previous ones. The stage-setting and characters seem almost comically stereotypical and the greater purpose of most is only made clear much later. But, the rollercoaster that follows a somewhat tame first half is worth it from a lore perspective alone.
The theme of the book is “pride”, with all its (im)perfections, glory, and sacrifices. I personally never felt much connection with the hedonic nature of the (post-heresy) Emperor’s Children. Yet, the undiluted suffering and guilt that has been the foundation of much of the choices made in the book gave the entire legion some depth that made me enamoured with (and grief-stricken for) these purple bois.
The books takes much longer to really show it’s hands compared to the previous ones. The stage-setting and characters seem almost comically stereotypical and the greater purpose of most is only made clear much later. But, the rollercoaster that follows a somewhat tame first half is worth it from a lore perspective alone.
The theme of the book is “pride”, with all its (im)perfections, glory, and sacrifices. I personally never felt much connection with the hedonic nature of the (post-heresy) Emperor’s Children. Yet, the undiluted suffering and guilt that has been the foundation of much of the choices made in the book gave the entire legion some depth that made me enamoured with (and grief-stricken for) these purple bois.
caderious's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-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
Daaaaaaaaaaaaarrrkk.
neartaking's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
roycekordem's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I love this book but boy do the Emperors Children get real fucked.
alinn45's review against another edition
5.0
This was a great novel describing the events of the Horus heresy with Fulgrim being the main character. All in all the degradation of this legion was very interesting.