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A review by alimoo511
Horus Rising by Dan Abnett
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
It is extremely difficult for me to truly review or even summarize this as someone who was raised on Warhammer thanks to my father and uncles.
My father and my brothers, in particular, have been encouraging me to read the novelizations of this story for years, and I finally bit the bullet, and now here I am.
This is a Grimdark Fantasy Sci-fi series that follows the Crusade of humanity as they proceed to participate in their second favorite activity, invading nonhostile civilizations and erasing their cultures and religion in favor of their own.
In this novel, we are following Captain Gavriel Loken as he recounts his time following Warmaster Horus in the early days of the crusade and of Warmaster even existing as a position in this military.
Growing up on the tale of Horus, the Emperor, and of course Spacemarines as a whole its...hard to think of this objectively or even subjectively.
I discussed this with my brother before but it was even difficult to view the truly graphic and grotesque descriptions in this book as something considered grimdark because I am so familiar to the comings and goings of this world that it didn't carry the weight I felt like I was supposed to be experiencing.
Basically, all this review is really about is how I will continue to read this series, but I also really have nothing to truly delve into and discuss.
My father and my brothers, in particular, have been encouraging me to read the novelizations of this story for years, and I finally bit the bullet, and now here I am.
This is a Grimdark Fantasy Sci-fi series that follows the Crusade of humanity as they proceed to participate in their second favorite activity, invading nonhostile civilizations and erasing their cultures and religion in favor of their own.
In this novel, we are following Captain Gavriel Loken as he recounts his time following Warmaster Horus in the early days of the crusade and of Warmaster even existing as a position in this military.
Growing up on the tale of Horus, the Emperor, and of course Spacemarines as a whole its...hard to think of this objectively or even subjectively.
I discussed this with my brother before but it was even difficult to view the truly graphic and grotesque descriptions in this book as something considered grimdark because I am so familiar to the comings and goings of this world that it didn't carry the weight I felt like I was supposed to be experiencing.
Basically, all this review is really about is how I will continue to read this series, but I also really have nothing to truly delve into and discuss.