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astator's review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Another Gav Thorpe book! While this is by no means the best sci-fi book I’ve ever read. It is by far the best Gav Thorpe book I’ve ever read (so far). It is a fun well paced read that doesn’t require to much of the reader, no convoluted plot lines forced together. It is just orcs versus marines in an awesome battle. This book was the perfect means for me to relax after a tiring day. Had a lot of fun with it.
qwerqsar's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Good old Space Marines battle for WH40K fans. Some surprises here and there, but it is, at the end, a battle descrption of SM agains Orks.
mo6020's review against another edition
3.0
Not really my kind of 40k novel, but I have committed to reading the DA stories and this is where they start. This was perfectly fine bolter porn, with bonus Ghaz, and if that’s up your street you’ll love this.
henrythereader's review against another edition
3.0
Now, despite the less favourable reviews this books has been garnering elsewhere, I actually quite enjoyed this outing in the Space Marine Battles series. One of the main complaints people have is that Captain Belial of the Dark Angels chapter of Space Marines appears weak and indecisive. However, I thought this was rather harsh, as I interpreted it as a more human perspective of these post-human super warriors, and as such as such was a brave and clever move by the author, Gav Thorpe. Just because the Astartes are super-human, I don't think means that they don't sometimes have moments of doubt. Anyway, this did not effect Belial's ability to fight, as he managed to extract his men from a tricky situation. In the end, if you are looking for a long thesis on philosophy, look elsewhere. However, if you are looking for plenty of dakkadakka, with some surprisingly deep characters, then give it a go, for no other reason that it is quite a lot of fun.
jackneighbour's review
5.0
Really enjoy this book! I’m surprised how well it holds up now. Never been a fan of the dark angels but this sold them to me!
potato_d's review
4.0
I liked this book, didn’t love it, just liked it.
It wasn’t nonstop action and blood, which was a good thing, there was a lot of downtime where we got to read about the inner misgivings that the various characters had and how those misgivings didn’t just go away with quick rousing speech.
Of the negative points of this novel, there is one that I had a problem with. The author made the regular human soldiers far too weak and afraid. As our own history of war has taught us, some of the most determined fighters are rebel or militias (french resistance in ww2) who are fighting for their loved ones. That’s the only negative that really detracted from my enjoyment of the story.
If you like the Warhammer 40000 universe then you’ll like this story.
It wasn’t nonstop action and blood, which was a good thing, there was a lot of downtime where we got to read about the inner misgivings that the various characters had and how those misgivings didn’t just go away with quick rousing speech.
Of the negative points of this novel, there is one that I had a problem with. The author made the regular human soldiers far too weak and afraid. As our own history of war has taught us, some of the most determined fighters are rebel or militias (french resistance in ww2) who are fighting for their loved ones. That’s the only negative that really detracted from my enjoyment of the story.
If you like the Warhammer 40000 universe then you’ll like this story.
b00kl0v3r's review
3.0
Now, despite the less favourable reviews this books has been garnering elsewhere, I actually quite enjoyed this outing in the Space Marine Battles series. One of the main complaints people have is that Captain Belial of the Dark Angels chapter of Space Marines appears weak and indecisive. However, I thought this was rather harsh, as I interpreted it as a more human perspective of these post-human super warriors, and as such as such was a brave and clever move by the author, Gav Thorpe. Just because the Astartes are super-human, I don't think means that they don't sometimes have moments of doubt. Anyway, this did not effect Belial's ability to fight, as he managed to extract his men from a tricky situation. In the end, if you are looking for a long thesis on philosophy, look elsewhere. However, if you are looking for plenty of dakkadakka, with some surprisingly deep characters, then give it a go, for no other reason that it is quite a lot of fun.
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