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Really loving the characters! Reynolds really has me invested in the characters' personalities and motivations, even ones who are seemingly gimmicky, which is a given in a Warhammer book.

Loving it so far, both appropriately epic as a sci-fi action romp and hilarious given the protagonist's abject self-obsession

(Pig Blood Blues)
Honestly, both the most mean spirited and engaging of the short stories so far, both of which are really saying something considering the stories that came before. A very gross uncomfortable mystery, I don't wanna give away more.
5/5

(The Yattering and Jack)

This is a purely fun Barker story and it's a great reprieve after "The Midnight Meat Train". It's a silly Christmas romp with Barker's characteristic crass, erotic, gory spirit, but not as heavily as the prior short stories or The Hellbound Heart.
4/5

(The Midnight Meat Train)

Another very graphic very disturbing story. I don't think it stuck the landing as well as The Book of Blood, but it was still an easy 4/5.

So far the best book of the series. The recurring characters from the second novel are providing more intrigue, Nagash is being the most evil guy ever again, and the inclusion of Alcadizzar's quest to free Nehekhara even before Nagash reenters the realm gives an engaging secondary conflict and a much needed hero to cheer for. No Arkhan yet tho :(

Okay so why is Lee giving Arkhan the Black and Neferata such good chemistry what right does he have

(The Book of Blood)
Very cool take on the haunted house genre, filled with Barker's typical erotic and body horror. The language was complex in a very engaging way, and the story serves on its own as a kickass standalone tale and an excellent aperitif to the rest of the anthology. 5/5

This book should be ass, it's the most evil mfer imaginable doing the most evil stuff imaginable and people trying and failing to stop him, but it goes so hard like what

Okay so Nagash is just the biggest asshole ever then got it

This is a very fun book but there are portions that just go "Archaon and his horde reached the featherdancers of qualdahir, who fight using the ancient art of fieldeheim. They fought for a while and the featherdancers of qualdahir were violently killed. Then, Archaon and his horde reached the rotscribes of teff, who are blessed by Nurgle and have access to the fimdlehaver"

Pretty good, seems like a nice balance between the drama and schlock(positive) that felt so drastically different between the first and second half of the last book

Still incredible, still super depressing

Hasn't captured me like any of Hemingway's other works, kinda disappointed. Might need to go on a more easy-reading bender after this

Less impactful than anything else I've read by Hemingway thus far

MC is mad racist Ernest's gotta chill

And I only just got through the later editions' introductions...