Good but could be better

Overall it's a decent book, with an interesting plot, and the narrator is pretty good. However, I found much of it tedious and I often lost focus then realised I'd missed something important and wasn't sure what was going on. At no point did I think, "I don't care what happens next," but I often wondered if I could skip a couple of minutes. The action scenes are good, and in my opinion the greatest strength of the novel is the descriptive passages, which mostly range from good to excellent, but I wouldn't miss some of them if they weren't there. The dialogue isn't so good. A lot is just boring, not advancing the plot, not adding to the atmosphere, not telling me anything new and interesting about the characters, and not being funny or otherwise entertaining. I also feel like the book didn't do all the characters themselves justice. Fabius Bile is interesting and fleshed out enough, which is the most important thing, Oleander is ok but a bit boring, but many of the others have unfulfilled potential.

My review probably comes off as more negative than positive, but ultimately I was listening to it for the exciting action scenes and grisly gruesome bits, both of which are excellent. I'll probably read the others in the series, just not as audiobooks so I can skim the boring bits and/or refer back if I get lost.

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Fabulous bile

I got this on a whim, but thoroughly enjoyed it! Bile is a really compelling character. It's really worth a listen!

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Great writing performed masterfully

Slow start but the best books are, the performance of the narrator was fantastic especially loved his harlequin

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Vividly Grotesque and Intriguing

Excellent voice acting and narrating. Enthralling story with beautifully vivid imagery. A enjoyable 40k novel delving into the infamous 3rd legion and Fabius Bile.

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Good start to the series

This is a very interesting series.
Not great but interesting.
Bile is a different kind of "hero" that keeps on keeping on.
Works ok as a stand-alone experience but still not better to have some previous reading on 40k under the hood.

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Best start to the Fabius books

I love this book because it has a great narrator and the voice acting makes the book every better

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fabulously fabius

very good view from a rather different prospective. well read yet again by mister banks.

one man's madman is another man's sanity.

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fantastic book! well read!

loved it, is even tempting me to get another, fantastic book that has made my commuting up and down the country so much more bearable

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A thrilling look at the primogenitor!

A much more in depth look at the tragic history of fabius bile, after listening to the black legion novels this was next on my list and did not dissapoint, painting the sometimes 2d evil 'bad guys' in a much more complex light

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getting into the mind of the primogenitior

Good fun book on a character I had very little interest in, author really makes the subject personable and interesting not just a one dimensional villain

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