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nigellicus's review
adventurous
dark
5.0
Gotrek and Felix are drawn into a quest to cross the Chaos Wastes on a Dwark airship in search of a lost city. This is lots of fun but enjoyment was enhanced every time the words Karag Dum were spoken and Horslips started to play.
hagbarth_fistforge's review
5.0
A fantastic adventure filled with perils, skirmishes, and wonderment.
An absolute page-turner.
I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in Warhammer and/or dwarfs.
Now, I must track down the next volume in the series...
An absolute page-turner.
I heartily recommend it to anyone interested in Warhammer and/or dwarfs.
Now, I must track down the next volume in the series...
hilarius's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
vickerstaylor's review
5.0
Another Gotrek & Felix banger. Loved exploring the Dwarfs and their culture/technology more in this one. Keeble is fantastic per usual.
madison2001's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
delton215's review
adventurous
dark
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
3.25
clevermird's review
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Okay, I haven't been totally won back, but this book was better than Skavenslayer for sure.
Daemonslayer is the third book in the adventures of dwarf Trollslayer Gotrek and his chronicler, witness, and semi-reluctant human partner in crime Felix. The pair is roped into a secretive dwarf expedition that will pit them against the most terrifying of forces in the Old World - Chaos. Near-certain death is no deterrent for a Slayer, after all, especially when there's a chance to settle old grudges in the mix.
After Trollslayer's anthology structure and Skavenslayer's weird hybrid model, this book is the first proper novel in the series, and it's a net positive for the series. Skavenslayer's repetitive structure, with the same story loop followed over and over, isn't as much of a problem here, and it allows for more development of some of the side characters and concepts. The skaven take a back seat, but fans of Thanquol and Lurk will get a few entertaining scenes thrown their way as well. This wasn't a deep read, but I found it a fun, light-reading adventure story, a sort of literary potato chips.
That being said, the book still isn't perfect. The pacing is strange - it feels like more page count is dedicated to the opening bar fight than to the final "boss battle", and the ending is rushed. There are a couple of interesting characters who kind of just drop out of the narrative without really doing anything. I hope that this is setup for future books, and if so, I will retract this complaint, but for this book, it just felt like Chekov's gun never fired.
Overall, while I still wouldn't catapult this series to the "love" category, I'll be returning for Dragonslayer. It just probably won't be a very high priority.
Daemonslayer is the third book in the adventures of dwarf Trollslayer Gotrek and his chronicler, witness, and semi-reluctant human partner in crime Felix. The pair is roped into a secretive dwarf expedition that will pit them against the most terrifying of forces in the Old World - Chaos. Near-certain death is no deterrent for a Slayer, after all, especially when there's a chance to settle old grudges in the mix.
After Trollslayer's anthology structure and Skavenslayer's weird hybrid model, this book is the first proper novel in the series, and it's a net positive for the series. Skavenslayer's repetitive structure, with the same story loop followed over and over, isn't as much of a problem here, and it allows for more development of some of the side characters and concepts. The skaven take a back seat, but fans of Thanquol and Lurk will get a few entertaining scenes thrown their way as well. This wasn't a deep read, but I found it a fun, light-reading adventure story, a sort of literary potato chips.
That being said, the book still isn't perfect. The pacing is strange - it feels like more page count is dedicated to the opening bar fight than to the final "boss battle", and the ending is rushed. There are a couple of interesting characters who kind of just drop out of the narrative without really doing anything. I hope that this is setup for future books, and if so, I will retract this complaint, but for this book, it just felt like Chekov's gun never fired.
Overall, while I still wouldn't catapult this series to the "love" category, I'll be returning for Dragonslayer. It just probably won't be a very high priority.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
Minor: Excrement
ceccio's review
I do not like the everpresent skaven antagonists (what the hell is the "musk of fear"? Disgusting) and I don't like that every time a named woman appears on this series there's hamfisted sexual tension between her and Felix.
osboma's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25