Fulgrim

Una historia increíble, y el personaje de Fulgrim el mejor. Libro 100% recomendable aunque no hayas leído la herejía.

I preferred the first few books in the series, and wish they would get back to the main story arc.

Amazing book. I hope for a new printing.

Je l'ai tout simplement adoré. Difficile d'évoquer ce qu'il m'a plu sans spoiler l'intrigue, mais je peux vous dire que le développement du personnage central est bien maîtrisé, une descente aux enfers lente et insidieuse qui vous portera tout au long de cette histoire jusqu'au pinacle de cette fable démoniaque.

If you've read any of my other reviews you will see my biggest issue with this series is how rambling and poorly edited they are. Indeed the promised show down mentioned at the end of book 3 finally happens here at the end of book 5. But finally the promise of book 1 is realised 4 books later. So here we have the fall from grace of Fulgrim. Now of all the Chaos Gods Slaanesh is always the most intriguing. It is the god of lust and decadence and while you can see marines falling for the bloodlust of Khorne (less so for the decay of Nurgle) the idea of a decadent fall sounds very human. After all how many warriors have been suckered by feminine charms and a comfy sofa rather than years on horseback fighting through the mud? It's all done very well and very convincingly. With tiny hints and quirks at the start of the book being full blown perversions by the end. It also drives the story along (a bit) and has a satisfying ending (first one to do so). Definitely the high point. The epic finale of the battle of Isstavan V is very well described and turns it into a real page turner. However the one thing that made me smirk is that while the blood and guts is all very explicit it suddenly gets rather coy when it comes to the matters of sex. This is a shame if you're going to do a book about Slaanesh then I'm afraid you're going to have to talk as much about genitals as you are about guns but whether this is style was done not to scare younger readers (although apparently skinning people and using their skin as decoration on your armour won't given them nightmares) or whether the worries would be that it would lurch into the area of erotica- which would not be inappropriate considering the subject matter I don't know. Overall the best written the most gripping and the most ambitious book so far.