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Too Much Loss

Évalué le: 2022-12-02

Let me preface this by saying I actually enjoy this book, the writing is phenomenal and the voice acting better, the twists and turns are great, and the amount of tie ins from the first book and how many loose ends get tied up feels satisfying, I was genuinely surprised about how everything was going, and felt it was worth it, the story was satisfying, confusing at first, I'll admit, but compared to the first one, there are a lot more issues that I have encountered.

Firstly, how often there is loss, I read a review about being brow beaten by the writer about how much Oltyx was willing to sacrifice to preserve the dynasty, but I don't think that was the issue, you weren't brow beaten about that. The real brow beating was how much and how often Oltyx was losing on his journey, despite all the praises of the Necron's technological supremacy, they are beaten in by monkeys and "Unclean Filth" who realistically shouldn't be so easily able to harm or damage starships that fought literal GODS, it made more sense as it got into the later chapters but man did it drag, it feels so contradictory and was honestly giving me a bit of a headache towards the end.

The battle at the Catapult, the general issues with the fighting beforehand, how easily humans were beating down literal death machines and winning combats they had no right to win definitely sagged the flowing cape of the ending, it would've felt more satisfying if it wasn't just loss, after loss, after loss, with some intermittent victories which felt minor at best, as if their impact ultimately didn't matter.

The last few chapters were definitely a pallette cleanser, much needed, and it felt earned, how easily the humans fell to the Flayed Ones felt good, but I just wish that it wasn't so bad for the Steel Legions that still had their silver.

Other than that, very good book, 4/5, definitely recommend as a read, despite my own personal gripings with the narrative.

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