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It's alright

Revisado: 05-02-25

so, I have many things I want to say about this book but I'll keep it short. When this book came out I think a lot of EC/Fulgrim fans expected a story like Horus Heresy 5: Fulgrim, a story that is told mostly from the perspective of fulgrim. The problem here is that the story bounces between 3 groups, an EC character, The Emperor's Champion, and some guardsmen. With the title naming Fulgrim and having him in the cover, it creates this idea that he will be front and center, but instead it's more like Fulgrim is just there watching. With the "twist" at the end it gives you this feeling that the author is Fulgrim and just laughing that you thought this book was gonna be an amazing Fulgrim story we would all love. Instead, the character in the ending essentially feels like the listener, empty.

Now, this doesn't mean the story is strictly bad, in fact quite the opposite. If the book was titled "Crucible" then this would have sold less, but would have never been such a massive disappointment. The expectation of a book with this title is massive and to have it be such a mundane story is such a shame. Th ending really solidifies how the listener feels about the title itself.

The thing that sucks is the characters and their story arcs are actually really interesting and their finale makes me want a miniature of them and their own story to evolve but because of how this book is presented, it just tells me none of this will happen and it will all be tossed aside. It's unfortunate that a story like this was basically wasted for no reason other than some hype sales.

if you read this and decided to listen to the book, just know that Fulgrim is in the story and plays his role, but the book is not going to give you any satisfying story or development of any Fulgrim stuff and is often quite boring and lacks ambition. It has its moments but it's just kind of a mid book. If you have other things you want to buy and listen to, come back to this one. if you haven't read Renegade or just want some Fulgrim, go read other books because this is just a generic EC story where Fulgrim likes to poke his nose into things before vanishing for 3 chapters.

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Revisado: 12-10-20

So, the overall story is decent, but lacks a solid connection to Covenant and Alien. The primary story element that was lacking was any meaning for the aliens existence in this story. Perhaps later novels will explain, but this one lacks the connection element and seems more like a high quality fanfiction. Additionally, the story is rushed and filled with dialogue leaving the characters lacking much relation to each other and their histories. Out of the Shadows jumps straight into the action without building up what makes these characters who they are. As an alien movie, we know people will die. For this reason, characters need to have an emotional connection with the reader/listener, otherwise their deaths lack much emotional response from the reader. Additionally, most of the writing is dialogue leaving many atmospheres empty and losing the tensity of the moment.

And finally, we come to my biggest critique. If a book is going to spend 60% of the time in dialogue, the author needs to have more than the term "said" in their vocabulary. Virtually every interaction is X said, Y said, Z said. This is extremely distracting to me to the point I was coming up with various different words to replace said to add a bit more emotion to the dialogue.

Overall, compared to covenant and covenant: origins, this book falls flat. The story is interesting to an extent but lacks a bigger meaning to the Alien universe. I have yet to listen to the next book in the series, but I imagine I will have a hard time seeing how this book makes an impact on the series as a whole. I would suggest that if money is an issue, simply skip this book.

Side note: the reader does a great job performing the many accents throughout the book and I believe he did his best to narrate this story.

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