Fulgrim

Not my favorite, but maybe the best of the Horus Heresy.

I don't like the emperor's children or many of their characters to begin with, and this book made me dislike them more. They were prancing dandies shouting perfection perfection etc.

But! This book embraced all those annoying, offsetting, decadent, and offensive traits to make the reader hate then more and more as the book goes on. The imagery is truly top tier and while I don't like the focus of the book, it rivals Eisenhorn and Gaunt in quality. A must read if you are going through the Horus Heresy. It ties the last two books together neatly while telling its own descent into madness. And much less Lucius than the last three books. I hate that guy lol.
And David Timson did a great job too, characters were easy to tell apart.

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Great Narration, okay story

What did you love best about Fulgrim?

The dropsite massacre, being so iconic in the heresy, is portrayed for the first time and is really quite incredible.

Would you be willing to try another book from Graham McNeill? Why or why not?

Absolutely, while Fulgrim wasn't my favourite book of his, I have read others and consider Graham McNeill to be amongst the best Black Library authors there are

Which character – as performed by David Timson – was your favorite?

I quite liked the portrayal of Eldrad Ulthran. I was curious as to how he would pull off the voice of the Eldar and I believe he did it justice

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The Istvaan V dropsite Massacre and the beheading of Ferrus Mannus

Any additional comments?

I liked the character of Fulgrim before reading this book, and now he is one of my least favourite traitor primarchs. I'm not sure what that says about the book, though.

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Rough beginning for narrator

For the first 5 or so hours I was zoning out or lost. No matter the situation the narrator sounded like he was narrating a water buffalo wandering around in some national geographic show with no emotion. The voices all sounded the same I couldn't tell who was talking. I ended up stopping for the day and when I started it again he seemed to get a better rythem although I did find myself zoning out occasionally.

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Really Enjoyed It

I'm completely new to the world of Warhammer, and the long trip through the Horus Heresy has been great.

I felt this book had a great spin on the events and it was genuinely interesting to listen to the downfall of Fulgrim.

Although this book circles around the same events at times, this was a fresh installment to keep me invested in the series.

Definitely recommend.

Slow start, but it gets intense.

both the book and the narrator take a bit to find their stride. at first, he story is quite slow to build and the narrator sounded like he was narrating a nature program.

however, in the latter half of the Book, the story goes from 0 to 100 and an instant. The narrator's performance mirrors the pace as well.

Poor little primarch

Fulgrim... I didn't know much about his turning but to think it happens the way it does. Man.. Thats tough I love the idea. Gonna be using it in my black crusade campaign =). And fabius bile, excellent.

Nature documentary

The reader sounds like a nature document in tv and the book it self spends a tad too much time beating around the bush.

difficult start, worth it in the end.

this wasnt an easy listen fornthe 1st 3rd.
it was meh for the 2nd 3rd
it wrapped up awesome.

<br /><br />Tragedy

The cruel & tormenting passage to perfection.
Epic war.
The love betwix brothers.
Death to the false god of mankind.

Chilling and Good

The writer and reader earn their pay here with a grim account of a mighty warrior's fall to darkness. Not for the faint of heart but very well done.