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I've always found the spacewolves so tiresome, wolfbeer, wolfaxe, wolfbrother, icefang, iceblade, icewolf, fangwolf, blah blah blah, like badly written klingons with whole honour to the point of stupidity thing.
Undue hatred! While Battle for the Abyss isn’t sophisticated literature, it’s a fun Space Marine book. I really agree with Mira’s take that it’s colorful and enjoyable… just go for the ride. My only gripe is the caricature of the Space Wolves and the Saturday morning villainy. The rest is just fun junk food.
cant wait for you guys to get to know no fear where the battle around makkaridge starts
I always thought either russ or Horus should have been bears instead
Everburning eye I thought was the eye of terror
Yess, was waiting for you guys to continue the Horus Heresy !
What if you date demon Thonius? OwO
Who says this is the best? It's an alright submarine drama, but there isn't a ton of lore-fun stuff like the short story book.
Gaunts Ghosts when?
I liked this book it was such a a nice break from the serus and sad state of the galaxy and it's way better than machanicum
Id be interested to hear your thoughts on the cover artwork. Some of the books are great, some not so much.
Like the cover for this book – which appears to show a scene which isnt anywhere in the book?
This was the first book I didn't finish. I really didn't like it. Sorry.
I actually enjoyed this book, in a fun, schlocky, sci-fi ensemble novel. When else would we get space wolves and world eaters teaming up together?
Ian, you should really have Mira read “After De’shea” before Betrayer. That short story changed my mind completely with Angron and the legion. I never had my sympathy turned on to a reviled faction before after reading that. It’s one of the few short stories in the heresy, that has stuck with me for months and longer.
4 year old me would always say, during the response prayer in Catholic Mass, “Lord have a pear.” Because that’s what I thought everyone else was saying.
And I thought it was very very odd for God to want fruit. But, okay.
Love this series. I was wondering how you'd manage to cover this one without being as negative as the book deserves and without being too negative for what either of you would like to put into the world…
I haven't liked Ben Counter's other books, so wasn't expecting much from this one, but it was just awful. Entirely pointless, no interesting characters, no interesting plot, no interesting ideas…
Glad Mira was able to find something to enjoy though!
Macca's-ridge FTW
I always thought that the ever burning eye was Magnus' eye
I'm assuming that the other book you're not looking forward to is Damnatiin of Pyphos, right?
Thank you.
56:36 "I was there the day they served the istvan soup" -is so funny to me I almost fell out my chair laughing…
I always assumed it was Macragge because the Ultramarines are craggy faced…
McAridge? I'm loving it! (ba-da-ba-ba-baaa)😂
I think the best characters in all these are the thousand sons if there is one legion who tries their best to do the right thing and then get massively dumped on its them guys. PS great reviews keep up the good work.