Fulgrim: 5 (The Horus Heresy) [Mass Market Paperback] McNeill, Graham Mass Market Paperback – 28 Aug. 2014

Maybe the best in the series so far. The descriptions of the transformations from a loyal legion to a devotee of hedonism and excess was a joy to read and will be difficult to top. Exciting to see the story unfold so brutally and in such detail!

If you've read any of my other reviews you will see my biggest issue with this series is how rambling and poorly edited they are. Indeed the promised show down mentioned at the end of book 3 finally happens here at the end of book 5. But finally the promise of book 1 is realised 4 books later.So here we have the fall from grace of Fulgrim. Now of all the Chaos Gods Slaanesh is always the most intriguing. It is the god of lust and decadence and while you can see marines falling for the bloodlust of Khorne (less so for the decay of Nurgle) the idea of a decadent fall sounds very human. After all how many warriors have been suckered by feminine charms and a comfy sofa rather than years on horseback fighting through the mud?It's all done very well and very convincingly. With tiny hints and quirks at the start of the book being full blown perversions by the end. It also drives the story along (a bit) and has a satisfying ending (first one to do so). Definitely the high point.The epic finale of the battle of Isstavan V is very well described and turns it into a real page turner. However the one thing that made me smirk is that while the blood and guts is all very explicit it suddenly gets rather coy when it comes to the matters of sex.This is a shame if you're going to do a book about Slaanesh then I'm afraid you're going to have to talk as much about genitals as you are about guns but whether this is style was done not to scare younger readers (although apparently skinning people and using their skin as decoration on your armour won't given them nightmares) or whether the worries would be that it would lurch into the area of erotica- which would not be inappropriate considering the subject matter I don't know.Overall the best written the most gripping and the most ambitious book so far.

Great read. Story keeps growing. Can't wait read the rest of the books. Delve deeper in to the world. Ace

Always a pleasure to read these books and say how much i hate erebus. Great book as usual fulgrim i cant feel sorry for but didnt deserve to be tortured for his mistakes

The Emperor's Children and their Primarch Fulgrim are one of the most celebrated Space Marine Legions of the Great Crusade, renowned for their constent search for perfection both on and off the battlefield. However, as the galaxy moves inexorably towards civil war dark forces begin to move and their plans for the Emperor's Children can only lead to total corruption and a betrayal of everything they hold dear.As the name suggests, this fifth book in the Horus Heresy series details the fall from grace of the Primarch Fulgrim and his Legion, the Emperor's Children. The book is relatively well written and easy to read managing to be very compulsive, and I probably got through it faster than some of the previous Horus Heresy novels despite its length (more than five-hundred pages). The battle scenes were easy to follow and although some may have lacked a little energy they were all greatly entertaining, especially the climactic Drop Site Massacre on Isstvan V, which was suitably epic in scale (although it probably could have done with more than a couple of chapters if I am honest), and the duel between Fulgrim and Ferrus Manus, which was a tragic yet exciting showdown.On the downside, the narrative can be a little choppy in places, jumping forward in time repeatedly when a little more time should probably have been spent on some things. The characterisation of some of the characters could also have been handled a little better, especially with Julius Kawsoron whose fall I didn't really feel was handled very well.While not the best book in the Horus Heresy series, Fulgrim was a very entertaining read and is well worth a solid four stars.

After reading some of the negative reviews of this book, I was rather apprehensive about reading this especially after reading the previous book, Flight of the Eisenstein, which I was very disappointed by, as I found that to be dull and laboured. So the thought of having another 100 pages on top of a normal Horus Heresy book was rather off putting to me. . .But I persevered and I'm so glad I did! Once I started reading I couldn't put it down. I found there to be less characters in this book, so it was easier to keep track of who was who. The story overall was engaging and really enjoyable, seeing a legion and hero sub-come to the influences of Chaos. I particular enjoyed the remembrancers parts in the story (this time round) as they didn't overwhelm the book like in previous outings, and how their parts complemented/mirrored that of the legion. Although the book is a good dealer longer than normal, I found it told the story to the point and that it didn't go needlessly wondering off.In short if you liked False Gods (and Graham McNeil), I think your'll really enjoy this book as it's in the same vein and style. In relation to the series this is my 2nd favourite book so far. I hope other books in the series are written/told like this . . .

After the brilliance of the first 4 books, this was a slog. 500 pages, and only the last 80 or so really got going.It’s not dreadful, but where I read the first 4 in a couple of days each, this took me more than two weeks to wade through.

These Horus Heresy novels are real page turners. Horrific, tragic and heartbreaking while rendering the reader unable to look away. Highly recommended for mature readers only.

Ich finde es sehr gut, dass eine so wichtige und coole Legion näher beleuchtet wird und somit viele Fragen, die ich beim Lesen anderer Romane hatte beantwortet wurden. In diesem Buch wird detailliert der Fall dieser einst so stolzen Legion und ihres Primarchen auf dem Weg zur Perfektion beschrieben. Ich empfehle es definitiv weiter!

Sono ormai un appassionato di questa saga dell’Eresia di Horus. L’inizio di Fulgrim, dall’inizio della sua decadenza o sua ascesa, a seconda di come lo si odi o lo si ami. Inizia il tutto dal Sistema Laer dal pianeta Atoll 19.Fenomenale!

Good, well done page turner. Graham MacNeill has started to grow on me. I was skeptical of his work because I found the Iron Warriors Omnibus dull and bland, and Honsou a vicious, but at the same time a lacking, uninteresting villain. But certainly Fulgrim and the Uriel Ventris chronicles are fantastic 40K works

Una historia increíble, y el personaje de Fulgrim el mejor. Libro 100% recomendable aunque no hayas leído la herejía.