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chris_chester 's review for:
The Flight of the Eisenstein
by James Swallow
I honestly don't know why I keep reading these books. I am a fan of the Warhammer 40K universe, which I do think has such a rich background of lore to draw from, but space marines are some of the most inherently uninteresting characters there are.
They're gruff. They are good fighters and shrug off pain. They share bonds of brotherhood with other space marines but usually have one or two rivals that they don't like for whatever reason. That's pretty much the whole thing!
The main characters Garro at least undergoes a change in this book, which is a bit of a departure, but it's in response to external forces more than any inherent inner tension. And while I appreciate that this was kind of a more focused narrative than some of the other books, almost half the pages were wasted covering events from the prior book from a different perspective.
That can be interesting if it is somehow revealing about the plot you previously experienced, but it's definitely not in this instance.
Look, I don't hate the hustle here. The Games Workshop people clearly know they can sell a million of these books, so the focus was probably just on cranking them out. And in idle moments when I want something to brainless to read, it's nice to know they're there. Just don't expect a lot of them.
They're gruff. They are good fighters and shrug off pain. They share bonds of brotherhood with other space marines but usually have one or two rivals that they don't like for whatever reason. That's pretty much the whole thing!
The main characters Garro at least undergoes a change in this book, which is a bit of a departure, but it's in response to external forces more than any inherent inner tension. And while I appreciate that this was kind of a more focused narrative than some of the other books, almost half the pages were wasted covering events from the prior book from a different perspective.
That can be interesting if it is somehow revealing about the plot you previously experienced, but it's definitely not in this instance.
Look, I don't hate the hustle here. The Games Workshop people clearly know they can sell a million of these books, so the focus was probably just on cranking them out. And in idle moments when I want something to brainless to read, it's nice to know they're there. Just don't expect a lot of them.