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Thoughts on independence

Revisado: 01-31-24

Though I think some of Junger's conclusions are hasty and ill-argued, "Freedom" is a great collection of musings on the individual and the collective, grounded in personal experience and historical research.

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A glimpse at what 40k could be

Revisado: 01-31-24

Descent is one of the few books that manage to humanize space marines, by following the story of Zahariel from boy to Order aspirant, to fully fledged space marine. The book leans hard into the "knights in space with guns" schtick, and captured the feeling of fantasy meets space opera that 40k should be all about. Armstrong's narration is theatrical in the best sense of the word - listening to Descent feels like watching a quality stageplay, the kind with elaborate sets and historical costumes.

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Starts strong, ends weak

Revisado: 01-31-24

Abnett does some great worldbuilding, and sets up interesting characters - sadly, the story never really goes anywhere, and the metaplot - if you can call it that - seems ill thought out, especially for a "spy novel". Moment to moment however, it's an excellent book.

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Bolterporn

Revisado: 01-31-24

Same old schlock that we're used to from BL, with a side order of "Dark Angels are the best ever!". Keeble's performance is fantastic as always.

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Solid cyberpunk story

Revisado: 08-22-23

Once you start with the Shadowrun books you'll get addicted, and this is the place to start. There's a lot going by quite fast though, and the story is definitely easier to follow if you're reading it than listening to it - only after hearing the book again a year after my first listen do I feel like I've got a clear grasp on the whole story. I'd still recommend picking up the audio version, as Tren Sparks does splendid character voices.

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Generic action schlock

Revisado: 05-24-23

Five hours of space marines fighting orcs, interspersed with occasional psuedo-philosophical babble. While Jonathan Keeble knocks it out of the park in terms of narration, the actual story is mostly soulless and boring. It also somehow fails to feature Vulkan for most of the runtime.

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Good story, lacklustre ending

Revisado: 02-27-23

It's an interesting action story that kept me both invested throughout and wanting to keep going whenever I had to put it down. That said, the ending felt pretty lacklustre and there were several plot threads that never really got resolved, or even explained. The book is worth a listen, but it feels like it could have used a couple more chapters. Trent Sparks has a great voice and does incredibly good character voices, but his descriptive narration can feel a little dry and disinterested at times.

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Fantastic build-up, no payoff

Revisado: 02-15-22

Really enjoyed this up until the end. Feels like the writer was about to start on the final bit when he glanced at the clock and saw there was only five minutes left to finish the script. If we can get more audio drama that's a little longer and has enough space for a proper ending, I will be a happy man indeed.

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