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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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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PERFECT

PERFECTION AT ITS FINEST!
The Story Was 👏
The Reading Was 👍
The "Execution" Was 🤤
Chapter 22 Was ✊😳
The Universe of Warhammer 40k Is 🤯

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Erebus did nothing wrong.

This book was an in depth look at Fulgrim's decent into demonic excess. I really enjoyed the entire HH series so far.

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Great connective insight from previous books

This book had several connective moments, developed a wider vision of the story, and gave voice and personalities to many Primarchs. However the narrator didn't have the gravitas nor bass to allow those magnanimous and galacial characters to live up to their import.

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Iconic Book in the Heresy

I found this book in the sci-fi aisle back in 2008 looking for a cool book that I would have to do a book report on(I was in middle school). The tantalizing black and gold cover caught my eye and even more so that incredibly hulking Space Marines on the cover art. Before that point I had never heard of the Warhammer universe let alone the Horus Heresy series. I purchased the book and read the entire thing from cover to cover in a few days. From then on I was absolutely fascinated with the 40k universe to include the video games and table top figures. The Heresy has continued with a boarderline overwhelming number of books to listen too but I have renewed my pursuit to finish the series through audible starting from book 1 as I do not have the patience for reading anymore. For the most part one could just read what is on the 40k Wiki website and know what happened in a general sense as I have done already. With that said although many of us know how everything plays out it does not take away any enjoyment from listening to or reading the books yourself at least not in my opinion. Fulgrim is an iconic book in the series and provides back story to all the future books and events. It is a must read for an Heresy fans. The voice acting is amazing minus the females parts which obviously males actors won't ever get right. Depending on which side you favor loyalist or traitor in the Heresy determines the emotions you will feel throughout the book and your connections with certain characters. I am a loyalist fanboy through and through so the events that take place towards the end of this book were dramatic and depressing a bit but nevertheless awesome to read! Since I read the book many years ago I forgot many minor events and interactions between characters and listening to it through audible made it even better then reading it myself. Being the first book I read in the 40k lore the Emperors Children will always be one of my favorite legions(prior to falling to choas) a long with the Iron Hands. Many fellow readers I have talked to find this book rather boring and long compared to other installments before and after but I deeply enjoyed every piece of it. I find it refreshing when the book isn't always being narrated about or from Astartes. Cannot reccomend this read enough, onto the next book!

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The best Horus Heresy novel, narrated perfectly

After listening to this audiobook in full for the third time, I still get chills as to how well-done it is. The gradual descent of Fulgrim and his legion from honorable to deplorable is perfectly paced, and remarkably well-illustrated through the eyes of the Astartes as well as a handful of humans; whose skills in the arts begin to reflect the shocking, horrifying realities their so-called protectors become. The infamous Maraviglia chapter, one of the most inspiring segments in all of the WH40K lore, is written with a staggeringly sinister tone that conveys just how far the mighty can fall. All along, the narrator's voice leads you unflinchingly into the depths, and despite the terror and disgust he makes you feel, from the first cries of victory to the final, guttering death of hope, you will beg for more.

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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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The First Bad Book in The Horus Heresy

McNeil is easily one of the poorest performing authors at The Black Library and Fulgrim is the perfect example of how he consistently fails to live up to the standard of those around him.

Fulgrim also stands out as the truly first bad book in this series. McNeil breaks the simple cardinal rule of show, don’t tell from the earliest moments in this novel and continues to repeat that error again and again.

Couple this with directive, xeroxed characters who only stand out because of different names, strange examples of female sexuality that border on misogynistic, and quiet frankly one of the whinest and least intruiging legions and Primarchs, this book is a hard hard pass.

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Not the best.

didn't really hold my attention. Wasn't horrible, just a bit of a let down after some of the previous books in the series.

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