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Steel Rabbit

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I eat words for breakfast.

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2024 Reading Goal

25% complete! Steel Rabbit has read 5 of 20 books.

James Swallow: The Flight of the Eisenstein (Paperback, 2007, Games Workshop) 4 stars

Having witnessed the terrible massacre of Imperial forces on Isstvan III, Death Guard Captain Garro …

Review of 'The Flight of the Eisenstein' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Well-written space adventure. Serves as a transition from the opening trilogy and the ongoing storyline of the series. Really a story about despair and finding your way out of it. For Garro it’s through faith. Good to see Qruze take a bigger role. I hope we get to see more of him throughout the series.

reviewed Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter (The Horus Heresy, #3)

Ben Counter: Galaxy in Flames (2006, Games Workshop) 3 stars

Having recovered from his grievous injuries, Warmaster Horus leads the triumphant Imperial forces against the …

Review of 'Galaxy in Flames' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

A good finale to the opening trilogy. As with the previous novel, my biggest critique is the quickness and totality of Horus’ turn to chaos. Good battle scenes, though I wish there was a bit more to the novel than that.

reviewed False Gods by Graham McNeill (The Horus Heresy, #2)

Graham McNeill: False Gods (2006) 3 stars

Review of 'False Gods' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A great continuation of the series, though not as strong as the first. Horus’ fall to chaos was a little too sudden and contrived. I mean, we all know Horus falls to Chaos, it shouldn’t be played as a “will he-won’t he?” Anyway, I liked this book as much the second time ‘round. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

reviewed Horus Rising by Dan Abnett (The Horus Heresy, #1)

Dan Abnett: Horus Rising (2006) 4 stars

Review of 'Horus Rising' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Dan Abnett’s the best in the game, what can I say?

This is my second read through the book. The first one was in 2006 when it came out. There was a lot I remembered and a lot I forgot. It was good to re-read to get another measure of Horus. A great character, who meant well and was conspired against by his own “brother” to begin his downfall.

A great story with interesting characters, plots, backgrounds, and pacing. You really can’t beat Dan Abnett for 40K—or in this case, 30k—fiction.

Review of 'A whack on the side of the head' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Decent book that talks about how anyone can be creative. I was worried this would be a “self-help book,” but I actually enjoyed it. I didn’t learn a ton, though. Possibly because the stuff talked about in the book is pretty standard today, as opposed to forty years ago.

Mark Z. Danielewski: House of Leaves (2000, Pantheon Books) 4 stars

Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more …

Review of 'House of Leaves' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Real cool book. Lots to think about. I thought it would be scarier, based on what people told me about it. It’s really more of a love story. I really liked it, and how much it plays with the structure of a novel. Very “meta!”

Josh Reynolds: The Spear of Shadows (Paperback, 2018, Games Workshop) 4 stars

In the beginning, there was fire. And from fire came eight weapons of terrible power, …

Review of 'The Spear of Shadows' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Great adventure story. Good characters even if they don’t really develop throughout the story. Too bad there won’t be any more books in this series seeing as it ends on kind of a cliffhanger.

reviewed The herald by Ed Greenwood (The Sundering -- Book 6)

Ed Greenwood: The herald (2014, Wizards of the Coast) 2 stars

"In the 6th and final book of the multi-author Sundering series launched by New York …

Review of 'The herald' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Some of the writing here is a little goofy. There are some grim battle scenes, but the characters prance and jape their way through them. A lot more exposition than necessary. The story also jumps around too much, and I honestly don’t know why any of the Mirt sections were in there.