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A review by greyeyes
Mortis by John French
3.0
The review will contain spoilers and is, of course, just my very personal opinion :) .
Heard it as a audiobook.
Overall it is a fine book and a GREAT audiobook, worthy of a 3,5 rating.
The narrator, Jonathan Keeble, is as always phenomenal. The range of voices, accents and emotion he can elicit is simply stunning.
The story in itself has great, bad and worst of all, boring moments.
The Bad:
Ollenaus Person arc - The sudden introduction to his team and no introduction to their purpose/mission was disorientation.
The journey they go through is happening in cool and exciting places, but the characters are boring. With no connection to them, it is difficult to care for their safety. There are some major revelations in their journey, but with no feeling for the characters it is difficult to care.
Every time they had a chapter I wanted to zoom through it, but stuck with it in hope of something great would come. It did not. Only Jonathan Keeble's narration kept me going through these pages.
The Average:
Corswain - Got little time, was not really explained why/where they came from or why. They fulfilled their mission, but only the battle
and their interaction with other Imperials was cool. Rest (not that there was much) was OK. Seems like it was forced in.
Keeler - Following Saturnines depiction is difficult. But the cloak and dagger / crime-novel approach was.. weird. Didn't really feel invested in what where happening, except for the inquisitor-like guard, Hellick Mauer, that accompanied them carried the story in the beginning, but fell of later on..
The Great:
Dorn - Great showing of the Primarch and his interaction with the officers of the defence. The only issue was that there were not more of him. But the other books in the series fixes that. Great!
The Titans (!!) - Simply awesome. The different types, the clans, the battle and the foe! All great and filled with intrigue!
Shiban Khan - Moving story! Brought a tear to my eyes more than once and felt like it reflected the return of hope in hopelessness. Simply great!
Katsuhiro - The common guardsman in a world of horrors. Absolutely riveting, following their journey. The way the battlefield is described, their horror and their faith!
Great stuff!
Heard it as a audiobook.
Overall it is a fine book and a GREAT audiobook, worthy of a 3,5 rating.
The narrator, Jonathan Keeble, is as always phenomenal. The range of voices, accents and emotion he can elicit is simply stunning.
The story in itself has great, bad and worst of all, boring moments.
The Bad:
Ollenaus Person arc - The sudden introduction to his team and no introduction to their purpose/mission was disorientation.
The journey they go through is happening in cool and exciting places, but the characters are boring. With no connection to them, it is difficult to care for their safety. There are some major revelations in their journey, but with no feeling for the characters it is difficult to care.
Every time they had a chapter I wanted to zoom through it, but stuck with it in hope of something great would come. It did not. Only Jonathan Keeble's narration kept me going through these pages.
The Average:
Corswain - Got little time, was not really explained why/where they came from or why. They fulfilled their mission, but only the battle
and their interaction with other Imperials was cool. Rest (not that there was much) was OK. Seems like it was forced in.
Keeler - Following Saturnines depiction is difficult. But the cloak and dagger / crime-novel approach was.. weird. Didn't really feel invested in what where happening, except for the inquisitor-like guard, Hellick Mauer, that accompanied them carried the story in the beginning, but fell of later on..
The Great:
Dorn - Great showing of the Primarch and his interaction with the officers of the defence. The only issue was that there were not more of him. But the other books in the series fixes that. Great!
The Titans (!!) - Simply awesome. The different types, the clans, the battle and the foe! All great and filled with intrigue!
Shiban Khan - Moving story! Brought a tear to my eyes more than once and felt like it reflected the return of hope in hopelessness. Simply great!
Katsuhiro - The common guardsman in a world of horrors. Absolutely riveting, following their journey. The way the battlefield is described, their horror and their faith!
Great stuff!