Anonymous Allen
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The Infinite and the Divine
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Robert Rath
- Narrated by: Richard Reed
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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Before the being called the Emperor revealed himself, before the rise of the aeldari, before the necrontyr traded their flesh for immortal metal, the world was born in violence. Even when they inhabited bodies of flesh, Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner were polar opposites. Trazyn, a collector of historical oddities, presides over a gallery full of the most dangerous artefacts - and people - of the galactic past. Orikan, a chronomancer without peer, draws zodiacs that predict and manipulate the future.
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Richard Reed killed it.
- By Anonymous User on 17-11-2020
- The Infinite and the Divine
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Robert Rath
- Narrated by: Richard Reed
Delightful
Reviewed: 21-12-2024
Such a fun book, it’s like an escalating series of pranks and schemes set in the 40K universe. There’s a really interesting look the Necrons here, with lots of interaction with other species. Also this book is SERIOUSLY FUNNY.
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The End and the Death: Volume III
- The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra, Book 8, Part 3
- By: Dan Abnett
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
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The Great Angel, Sanguinius, lies slain at his brother's hand. Terra burns as reality itself unravels, and the greatest bastion of civilisation teeters on the brink of annihilation. Desperate defenders gather, banding against the rabid traitor hordes. The Hollow Mountain, host to the pilgrims of Euphrati Keeler, is one of the last redoubts held by the Dark Angels while the unclean host of Typhus lays siege. Malcador the Sigillite sits ablaze on the Golden Throne, trying to buy his master more time. But time is running out...
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Bloody awesome
- By Anonymous User on 31-01-2024
- The End and the Death: Volume III
- The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra, Book 8, Part 3
- By: Dan Abnett
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Decent ending
Reviewed: 13-12-2024
The author does a decent job closing out this enormous saga, but the book suffers from the scale of the Horus Heresy. This book should’ve just been Horus vs. Emperor. Instead there are lots of side characters doing their own thing and finishing their own stories and it all gets a bit annoying and irrelevant. I don’t care about Euphrate Keela.
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Brutal Kunnin'
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Tom Allenby
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Ufthak Blackhawk and the green tide descend upon Hephaesto - an Adeptus Mechanicus forge world bristling with loot - only to find it already under siege by the notorious Freebooter Kaptin Badrukk. When his warboss, Da Biggest Big Mek, orders temporary co-operation, Ufthak seeks to make a name for himself by crushing some of the Imperium’s most advanced defenders and claiming the greatest prize.
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Itz da biggest n da smashiest yet!
- By Simon on 06-10-2020
- Brutal Kunnin'
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Tom Allenby
Fun but tainted by woke identity politics
Reviewed: 08-12-2024
This should’ve been a fun Orks vs. AM story. Instead it’s loaded full of woke cliches - there’s a girl-boss, the male human characters are stupid/evil and characters with gender neutral pronouns. The gender neutral pronouns also made the story confusing - I couldn't tell the one THEY vs THEY plural during key moments.
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Horus Rising
- The Horus Heresy, Book 1
- By: Dan Abnett
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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It is the 31st millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium of Man hasstretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers?
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Hours Rising, Or How Dan Abnett Wrote A Masterpiece
- By Anonymous User on 02-01-2019
- Horus Rising
- The Horus Heresy, Book 1
- By: Dan Abnett
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
Superb introduction
Reviewed: 28-11-2024
Fantastic introduction. The characters are clear, the descriptions are clear and the author does a superb job of building the world. Don’t be put off the by the length of the Horus Heresy, this is a great work of fiction.
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Da Big Dakka
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Out of options, Ufthak leads his Waaagh! through the mysterious webway, to a place where kunnin’, sneakin’, and thinkin’ are the name of the game. A place with little truck for muscle and brawn – Commorragh, the Dark City. Here, where kabals and haemonculus covens pump psychic viscera into the warp, Ufthak is thrown into gladiatorial combat and soon finds himself up against an archon who will stop at nothing to prove she deserves to rule the Dark City – even if it means bringing Commorragh down around her.
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Dakka, Drama, and Waaagh
- By Anonymous User on 12-01-2025
- Da Big Dakka
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
Fun and likeable
Reviewed: 23-11-2024
Likes:
-Mike Brooks managed to somehow turn a huge ork war boss into a likeable protagonist.
-The ork antics are hilarious.
-It’s hilarious hearing the sophisticated, scheming Dark Eldar being confused and dumbfounded by the Orks.
Dislikes:
-Some of the vocal performances were a bit off.
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Warboss
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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With only one bastion still standing on the once unconquerable fortress world of Aranua, Warboss Gazrot Goresnappa should be basking in the light of impending victory. Instead, he lies ‘proppa dead’ beneath a decapitated Gargant’s head. The biggest and baddest bosses from each of the six (no-longer-united) clans step forward to duke it out to become the next warboss – but the ork gods have other plans. A prophecy foretells of a mysterious gate that lies beneath the human city. The one true warboss will be the first to find it, and will use it to turn the galaxy green.
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Mostly awesome
- By Anonymous Allen on 20-11-2024
- Warboss
- Warhammer 40,000
- By: Mike Brooks
- Narrated by: Harry Myers
Mostly awesome
Reviewed: 20-11-2024
The good:
The Ork characters are FUN, funny and entertaining. Seriously, the ork parts of this book are a BLAST and the most fun you will have in a 40K book.
The bad:
The human parts for the Imperium are a bit lame and woke. The male characters are mostly stupid and vain, whereas the female soldiers are all cool, tough, smart and in charge. It’s like the author was given diversity quotas for the human characters. Next time, just write a book about the orks.
Mike Brooks has a tendency to write very long, explanatory sentences, as though he constantly needs to explain every character’s interests and motivations at every opportunity. One of the most important rules of story-telling is show, don’t tell. You don’t need to remind readers on every page that the evil sunz like speed etc etc.
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Helsreach
- Space Marine Battles: Warhammer 40,000
- By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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When the world of Armageddon is attacked by orks, the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter are amongst those sent to liberate it. Chaplain Grimaldus and a band of Black Templars are charged with the defence of Hive Helsreach from the xenos invaders in one of the many battle zones. But as the orks' numbers grow and the Space Marines' numbers dwindle, Grimaldus faces a desperate last stand in an Imperial temple.
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I want a refund
- By Anonymous User on 01-01-2022
- Helsreach
- Space Marine Battles: Warhammer 40,000
- By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Awesome 40K novel
Reviewed: 19-11-2024
The black templars are awesome, black templars vs orks is such a good combination for a 40K book.
This is definitely the best 40K novel I’ve come across.
The story is great, the characters are clear and the book is also really unexpectedly funny in places from the black templar POV.
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The Last One at the Wedding
- By: Jason Rekulak
- Narrated by: John Pirhalla
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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Frank Szatowski hasn't seen his daughter Maggie in years, and it breaks his heart every day. So when she calls him out of the blue, to tell him that she's getting married and he's invited, Frank is overjoyed. But as the wedding weekend gets underway, it becomes clear to Frank that although they have spared no expense, there's something strange about Maggie's fiancé.
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Good book.
- By Terriann on 15-01-2025
- The Last One at the Wedding
- By: Jason Rekulak
- Narrated by: John Pirhalla
Promising but flawed
Reviewed: 12-10-2024
The good:
-There’s a good, decent protagonist in here; an honest working class man who keeps his word.
-There are some good observations about parenting and psychology.
-There’s a decent twist halfway through the book.
The bad:
-Abrupt ending.
-After the twist is revealed the story loses impact and seems to go nowhere in the second half.
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The Sandbox
- The Sandbox Series, Book 1
- By: Jeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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When the CEO of the world’s leading artificial intelligence company is found murdered in his home, former Army CID officer Valerie Marks is thrust into her first case as a homicide detective. Valerie has a gift for reading people, a gift that has never failed her before. But that gift is put to the test when her instincts point her to an impossible suspect—an AI born from a secret venture with the Pentagon known as Project Nomad. To learn the truth, Valerie must team up with two men she doesn’t trust.
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Some strong elements, plot issues
- By Anonymous Allen on 07-10-2024
- The Sandbox
- The Sandbox Series, Book 1
- By: Jeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Some strong elements, plot issues
Reviewed: 07-10-2024
The concept of this book is strong and there are some really good AI-horror concepts in here, but they’re not handled quite as well as they should be. There is a bit of cliched eye rolling stuff in the first third, and then the final third goes around and around in circles a bit, becoming quite boring in the climax.
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Middle of the Night
- By: Riley Sager
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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On July 15, 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep together in their quiet New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. The tent was sliced open, and Billy was gone, taken. He was never seen again. Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to Hemlock Circle, still desperate for answers. Who took Billy? Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening on the street under the cover of darkness. Someone is prowling the cul de sac when no one is awake to see them.
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Confused
- By Anonymous User on 26-11-2024
- Middle of the Night
- By: Riley Sager
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
It was OK
Reviewed: 19-08-2024
It was alright.
The good:
-The characters all felt very real and well-developed, with flaws and insecurities.
The bad:
-The whole Hawthorn Institute plotline felt weird and unnecessary, as though the author just wanted to write in something sinister for the middle of the book.
-The big reveal at the end was OK but wasn’t that surprising, I guessed it.
-The constant reminders of the dual timelines and the years that passed since Billy went missing were unnecessary, verging on annoying. It feels like every few minutes Ethan says something like: “I’m 40 now, I was 10 when Billy went missing, which was 30 years ago”. “30 years ago”. “I’m not 10 anymore, 30 years ago I was 10 years old”. WE GET IT DUDE THERE’S A DUAL TIMELINE IN YOUR BOOK YOU DON’T NEED TO MENTION IT EVERY MINUTE.
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