Reviews

The Flight of The Eisenstein (Horus Heresy 4/54) by James Swallow: 😈😈😈😈 .5/5 A very very good entry in the series, and it was amazing seeing Istvan III from the point of view of another squad. I also love how face paced this was, it was like a wild chase with betrayal, drama, the warp and of course our good old chaos friends (also drink every time someone mentions how beautiful Horus is). These books really do balance the overly dark with this hyper machismo almost grimcamp and I really love it. That being said the way Swallow writes gore is excellent, and hes very good at doing action. So far this is one of my fav in the series, and Im very excited for book 5 which I know is a lot of my friends favs. Overall a really really great book, and Im happy to be chipping away at this epic beast (now just to read the next 50......and the 16 primarch books, and the 10 book finale)

wiroju's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

shmark's review against another edition

Go to review page

5.0

Another great entry to the Horus Heresy series.

If you're a fan of 40k (and doubly so if you're a loyal servant of the emperor), you should give this series a try.

mjryan007's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

4.75

shookone's review against another edition

Go to review page

2.0

I had really high hopes for this one. The concept sounded cool to me, and I was genuinely curious to see what ship to ship warfare looks like in the Warhammer setting. This just didn’t deliver though. The first third or so of the book is only barely relevant to the rest of the plot. The second third is just rehashing material from the previous three books in the series. The last third of the book is when the plot finally gets started, and to be fair things get better at that point. The book especially shines during an absolutely unhinged cosmic horror freak out section, and during the one moment in the story where you see these big giant capital ships playing cat and mouse with each other. If the whole book was like those two segments this would be an easy five stars. As it is, both of these segments are fairly brief, and they stand out so much partially because they’re so unlike anything else in the story. Very much my shit but there just isn’t enough of it to keep me happy.

st_ruben's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first half of this book takes place during the third book (Galaxy in Flames) and follows my favourite legion; the Death Guard after the treachery of the Warmaster has been revealed *dun dun dun*.

It's quite similar in scope and story to the previous books, but because it relies quite heavily on characters/settings/scenes from the previous books while primarily feautiring new characters that don't get the room to evolve and grow as much as characters in the trilogy before had.

This is ofcourse not a big problem as the setting of the story is well established up to this point and this book really fills in some perspective of the events on Isstvan III and what happened to the Eistenstein afterwards. If you're invested up to this point than this book does share some key moments and events that help fill some gaps that are there when "The Siege of Terra'' book series starts.

neartaking's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark slow-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

1.5

More...