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A review by beorn_101
The Outcast Dead by Graham McNeil
2.0
This was an odd bag. The first half had some interesting bits, but was incredibly slow, and did next to nothing to actually move the narrative forward, or even really give us more information on the Heresy.
Having Navigators and an Astropath be some of the main focus was an interesting choice. We get a nice view of Magnus in the book.
But the entire first half is just sort of there. The second half picks up the pace, taking the characters it has been meandering with, and running into a action packed prison escape, while trying to solve a mystery of a message to an Astropath.
Moments of this chase are really amazing. But, overall even by the end I sort of found myself wondering so what.
If this was anime it would be considered filler. Filler that has some entertaining moments, but largely you can skip without missing much.
The only thing I really enjoyed was referencing and exploring warriors from Terra's past.
Overall, a very meh book.
Having Navigators and an Astropath be some of the main focus was an interesting choice. We get a nice view of Magnus in the book.
But the entire first half is just sort of there. The second half picks up the pace, taking the characters it has been meandering with, and running into a action packed prison escape, while trying to solve a mystery of a message to an Astropath.
Moments of this chase are really amazing. But, overall even by the end I sort of found myself wondering so what.
If this was anime it would be considered filler. Filler that has some entertaining moments, but largely you can skip without missing much.
The only thing I really enjoyed was referencing and exploring warriors from Terra's past.
Overall, a very meh book.