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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This a great Warhammer book. You know how this will end but you are still gripped my the action. I was crossing my finger for some bad guy to die, for some things good to happen, and most of all I felt emotions. In a warhammer book about fightning from A to Z, it is quite an accomplishment to give you such a wide array of feelings.
You also have great insights about the primarch mentality, the impact of chaos, how the Emperor was right to hide stuff, how each primarch is deeply flawed in their own way and how Perturabo is a whiney bitch.
Finally, seeing the war from the point of view of a random civilian drafted into war, rad poisoning wobbling his teeth, and horrors running head straight to murder them was a great idea. You see how horrible things are from our point of view. Having the space marine point of view is fine and dandy but I have way more empathy for the guy in the trenches.
Overall, great read, even as I skipped the first book of the siege of Terra.
You also have great insights about the primarch mentality, the impact of chaos, how the Emperor was right to hide stuff, how each primarch is deeply flawed in their own way and how Perturabo is a whiney bitch.
Finally, seeing the war from the point of view of a random civilian drafted into war, rad poisoning wobbling his teeth, and horrors running head straight to murder them was a great idea. You see how horrible things are from our point of view. Having the space marine point of view is fine and dandy but I have way more empathy for the guy in the trenches.
Overall, great read, even as I skipped the first book of the siege of Terra.
I found the trench war outside the palace more gripping and enjoyable to read then the void battles in the solar war, the human perspectives here seem to work better too especially the conscripts going from green to veterans over the course of the siege, the description of the opening tests against the palaces defences was cool with gradually greater forces pressed against the trenches as the defenders keep thinning out in numbers and ratios and disease starts killing large numbers off, it all gave a good sense of how the battle progressed and what people faced on the ground, it also works well as a way for the novel to continuously build the action in a natural way, also both traitor and loyalist primarchs are enjoyable to read here angron calling flugrims space marines his peacocks was funny, it would have been interesting to see the war on the rest of the planet play out in more detail but it's understandable that they centralised the action so I can't really complain about it.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The second in the series of the Siege of Terra, battle is finally joined on the grounds of Terra. It has some interesting characters like the conscript, through whose eyes we see the horrors of the war. Also, we see the conflicts of the traitors and Peturabo's conflict in joining this war. A very good book if you like Wh30k!
Second book of the great siege of terra, and this was alright. The enemy forces arrive on Earth, big and bombastic. Highpoint is the Angel. Low point is the realisation that it's going to be really really hard for them to land this series adequately, but, we shall see.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Book two in Black Library’s Siege of Terra mini-series concluding the Horus Heresy, Guy Haley’s The Lost and the Damned picks up where The Solar War left off as Horus Lupercal launches his assault on Terra itself. Where The Solar War covered events spanning the whole of the Sol system this is much more concentrated on Terra and its immediate orbit. There’s still lots going on, from the perspective of primarchs, legionaries and mortals on both sides of the conflict, but it’s a more focused story this time around. The physical siege has begun, and Haley incorporates elements of traditional siege warfare from conscripts manning the outer walls to the traitors constructing vast siege towers (not to mention some fun air combat scenes), while much of the narrative is driven by the question of why the siege progressed the way it did, at the beginning at least.
While primarchs and legionaries plan their strategies (often pushing back against orders or expectations) and wait to be unleashed, conscript Katsuhiro – dragged away from his normal life and utterly out of his depth – provides a consistent, human viewpoint on the brutal realities of defending the outer wall; the siege in microcosm. There are teasing revelations and snippets of foreshadowing throughout, and in answering some of the questions about the siege Haley in turn poses some tantalising suggestions as to what might come next. Overall Haley has done a fantastic job of maintaining the tone and illustrating the complexity and ferocity of these first stages on Terra, while moving the narrative on, setting the scene for the siege to ramp up in intensity, and simply telling a compelling story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/10/12/the-lost-and-the-damned-guy-haley/
While primarchs and legionaries plan their strategies (often pushing back against orders or expectations) and wait to be unleashed, conscript Katsuhiro – dragged away from his normal life and utterly out of his depth – provides a consistent, human viewpoint on the brutal realities of defending the outer wall; the siege in microcosm. There are teasing revelations and snippets of foreshadowing throughout, and in answering some of the questions about the siege Haley in turn poses some tantalising suggestions as to what might come next. Overall Haley has done a fantastic job of maintaining the tone and illustrating the complexity and ferocity of these first stages on Terra, while moving the narrative on, setting the scene for the siege to ramp up in intensity, and simply telling a compelling story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2019/10/12/the-lost-and-the-damned-guy-haley/
Part 2 of the Solar War picks up where part 1, the Siege of Terra left off, and it doesn't skip a beat.
This book also does the multi perspective well, jumping from the siege walls, to galactic cruisers, from inside the throne room to Sanguinias fighting demons seamlessly.
We see almost all of the major players in this book, and there are a few plot threads sewn up nice and tight.
But I think the highlight of the book is all of the scenes through the perspective of the nirmal human soldier, Katsuhiro. It's an amazing view into normal human life on Terra during the siege.
Absolute must read.
This book also does the multi perspective well, jumping from the siege walls, to galactic cruisers, from inside the throne room to Sanguinias fighting demons seamlessly.
We see almost all of the major players in this book, and there are a few plot threads sewn up nice and tight.
But I think the highlight of the book is all of the scenes through the perspective of the nirmal human soldier, Katsuhiro. It's an amazing view into normal human life on Terra during the siege.
Absolute must read.
Some cool scenes of normal people just having a really bad time of it. More shuffling things forward with no huge impact yet but still some good trading of blows.
Also, Skraivok is a big dumb baby.
Also, Skraivok is a big dumb baby.