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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
dark
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another, shockingly and unnecessarily as brilliant novel deserving of so much more recognition.
Going to need more time to work on a review because I really want to give it its due, but this I'd a phenomenal continuation of the story.
Where Horus Rising is the introduction and foundation of everything to come in the last gasps of the Great Crusade, False Gods documents its death throes, preparing for epoch that is the tragedy of fratricide that begins over 10,000 years of only war in Galaxy in Flames.
The only real criticism, one that sadly is repeated in the series, particularly in McNeill's writing, is a backwards and chauvinistic view of gender, but that's something to discuss in more in Fulgrim.
I absolutely adore these books and the autistic ADHD hyperfixation I have on Warhammer right now, which has been circular throughout my life with 40K snd myself sharing a birth year, brings me to much joy.
The real world is structurally grimdark, especially for those of us with multiple intersections of marginalisation, and, when it doesn't forget the satire and tragedy it's always been, Warhammer is truly a balm for my depression and growing nihilism; even in the worst possible universe where everything and everyone is awful on a macro scale, but individuals and events can snatch fleeting moments of triumph and joy on the micro, regardless of how ephemeral and doomed everything is. Really speaks to this Queer trans disable neurodivergent gal with chronic conditions.
Going to need more time to work on a review because I really want to give it its due, but this I'd a phenomenal continuation of the story.
Where Horus Rising is the introduction and foundation of everything to come in the last gasps of the Great Crusade, False Gods documents its death throes, preparing for epoch that is the tragedy of fratricide that begins over 10,000 years of only war in Galaxy in Flames.
The only real criticism, one that sadly is repeated in the series, particularly in McNeill's writing, is a backwards and chauvinistic view of gender, but that's something to discuss in more in Fulgrim.
I absolutely adore these books and the autistic ADHD hyperfixation I have on Warhammer right now, which has been circular throughout my life with 40K snd myself sharing a birth year, brings me to much joy.
The real world is structurally grimdark, especially for those of us with multiple intersections of marginalisation, and, when it doesn't forget the satire and tragedy it's always been, Warhammer is truly a balm for my depression and growing nihilism; even in the worst possible universe where everything and everyone is awful on a macro scale, but individuals and events can snatch fleeting moments of triumph and joy on the micro, regardless of how ephemeral and doomed everything is. Really speaks to this Queer trans disable neurodivergent gal with chronic conditions.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
McNeill struggles to maintain the tone and pace of the first novel. Character ideals and motivations seemingly change out of nowhere. Marines from other legions and the LW who had personality and context in the first book suddenly exist only as plot devices.
I cannot recommend this book for any reason except HH completeness. My overall feeling is that McNeill believed Abnett strayed too far from canon and sought to bring this book into compliance by any means necessary.
Spoiler
Indeed the whole matter of the betrayal to chaos is suddenly escalated. The novel begins slowly and then starts teleporting around to a greater extent. And the same is done towards the end, Horus is able to convert multiple other Primarchs to chaos completely in the background while the heroes, whittled down to 2, are mostly none the wiser.I cannot recommend this book for any reason except HH completeness. My overall feeling is that McNeill believed Abnett strayed too far from canon and sought to bring this book into compliance by any means necessary.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Perfectly follows up the drama of Horus Rising, upping the stakes and doubling down on the drama, the intrigue, the ultraviolence, the religious overtones, everything!
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated