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A review by primmiiee
Ghostmaker by Dan Abnett
3.0
Quite a downgrade compared to the first book, but there's still some good stuff in it.
The book felt... Fragmented. The different chapters felt like many short stories stitched together without any overarching plot of theme that drives it forward.
The style of writing doesn't work quite as well as it did in the first book, and the rapid character switches felt jarring and made me hard to care for most of the character (because most of the book isn't about Gaunt (who I find to be the most interesting) himself but about the Ghosts, so I guess the title Ghostmaker is appropriate).
But I have to say, I really enjoyed the last chapter/story, even with the abrupt/rushed ending, it was a great introduction to the Eldars, the magic is very interesting and the plot itself is very suspenseful and it felt like any of the characters could die because there's no plot armor.
Overall, I was disappointed and I hope the next ones are better than this.
The book felt... Fragmented. The different chapters felt like many short stories stitched together without any overarching plot of theme that drives it forward.
The style of writing doesn't work quite as well as it did in the first book, and the rapid character switches felt jarring and made me hard to care for most of the character (because most of the book isn't about Gaunt (who I find to be the most interesting) himself but about the Ghosts, so I guess the title Ghostmaker is appropriate).
But I have to say, I really enjoyed the last chapter/story, even with the abrupt/rushed ending, it was a great introduction to the Eldars, the magic is very interesting and the plot itself is very suspenseful and it felt like any of the characters could die because there's no plot armor.
Overall, I was disappointed and I hope the next ones are better than this.