Rasmus

Not what I expected, but pleasantly surprised

Revisado: 02-08-21

I went in to this book completely blind. I expected a book that would more closely follow and focus on the actual witches with a lighthearted tone. What I got was instead more like a history book describing the dark goings on around the Mayfair family. The first 40 ish hours were really good but after that it slowly degenerated into a hot mess with one of the characters making a complete 180 in attitude and personality which completely ruining the experience.

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Meandering but great

Revisado: 03-06-20

Wonderful book with some minor flaws. It had a pacing problem towards the end, where it also started pumping out clichés left and right. Dialogue, while always great to listen to, would sometimes linger on something longer than it needed.

Characters were all wonderful. It's impressive how much one can empathise with the main antagonist whilst also loathing them. There is one notable exception here.

**STORY SPOILER**

The main characters empathy towards the godsborn when told about what the godslayer did to them, while in character, made him totally forget about the suffering the people of weep had to endure under the Gods and it was very weird how he totally flipped on an issue when another character blatantly told him about the issue and how much it troubled them.

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Lacking character motivations and skipping story

Revisado: 01-31-20

While the world was enjoyable and fun to get to know there was a distinct lack of character motivations, especially for our main heroine. The actions they take come out of nowhere and there is next to no build up for big story beats. Many times I found myself wondering if I had somehowed missed 5 hours of book somewhere in the middle.

It also took the book around 4 hours to get going.

As I mentioned earlier, the main heroine doesn't really motivate her actions and I hate to say it, but she gives me the feeling of being a mary sue. Not as a author insert, but as a character that can do everything and anything without any significant effort or setback.

If you're interested in a slower book with a story that doesn't revolve around a world ending event in an interesting world, give this book a try.

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Ending did not quite satisfy.

Revisado: 12-18-19

The last ~2 hours were very similar in structure to the earlier books but it was still very much enjoyable.

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Great sequel

Revisado: 12-13-19

A great expansion to the first book with a stronger beginning and end. Looking forward to reading number 3!

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Wonderful with a weak ending

Revisado: 12-11-19

Really enjoyed the book but the mystery of the later third wasn't as interesting as I would have liked. Still, a thoroughly enjoyable book that I would recommend in a heartbeat

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Great listen.

Revisado: 10-12-19

Dan Abnett and Toby Longworth seems to be a combo that cannot be beaten. The great characters and writing from Abnett paired with the talented Toby Longworth made this book a great listen. If you're a fan of 40k wanting more awesome stories this will be right up your alley and if you're new to 40k this will be an awesome way to get more familiar with Space Marines and their culture.

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Nope

Revisado: 10-09-19

Major Spoiler!

So you're telling me in a world where we have fusion drives, gauss cannons and extremely advanved detection techniques that painting a rock and slapping a rocket on it is enough to destroy the earth? It's so stupid it tainted everything about the series. I finished the book and started the sequel but that one plot point is so unfathomably stupid I can't enjoy the books anymore.

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Can't listen anymore

Revisado: 10-09-19

The whole setup for the plot from the last book was so infuriatingly bad it tainted everything about this book and then the characters become war profiteers all of the sudden. No thanks.

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DNF

Revisado: 09-02-19

Could not get used to the narrstor. It might sound strange, but it sounded like he tried too hard. It didn't feel natural and it had a strange flow.

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