My son gave me this to read.....he is a HUGE Warhammer fan...he paints and collects the models, plays the game, etc. and I've always been interested in the lore....especially after paging through some of his codex books. He isn't a big reader and listened to the first book on audio book...which I'm not a fan of....so, he filled me in and gave me this to start.

I actually really enjoyed this. Not being a fan of the game, it did take a little bit to familiarize myself with some of the wording used exclusively in the Warhammer universe. There's also a huge cast of characters to remember.

Overall, I think this is a series that anyone that appreciates fantasy, futuristic and/or militant type books would enjoy....even those not familiar with the game. I will definitely read some of the other books in this series. ( )

Another, shockingly and unnecessarily as brilliant novel deserving of so much more recognition.

Going to need more time to work on a review because I really want to give it its due, but this I'd a phenomenal continuation of the story.

Where Horus Rising is the introduction and foundation of everything to come in the last gasps of the Great Crusade, False Gods documents its death throes, preparing for epoch that is the tragedy of fratricide that begins over 10,000 years of only war in Galaxy in Flames.

The only real criticism, one that sadly is repeated in the series, particularly in McNeill's writing, is a backwards and chauvinistic view of gender, but that's something to discuss in more in Fulgrim.

I absolutely adore these books and the autistic ADHD hyperfixation I have on Warhammer right now, which has been circular throughout my life with 40K snd myself sharing a birth year, brings me to much joy.

The real world is structurally grimdark, especially for those of us with multiple intersections of marginalisation, and, when it doesn't forget the satire and tragedy it's always been, Warhammer is truly a balm for my depression and growing nihilism; even in the worst possible universe where everything and everyone is awful on a macro scale, but individuals and events can snatch fleeting moments of triumph and joy on the micro, regardless of how ephemeral and doomed everything is. Really speaks to this Queer trans disable neurodivergent gal with chronic conditions. ( )

http://speculiction.blogspot.com/2023/06/review-of-false-gods-by-graham-mcneill.... ( )

All in all a solid book: not nearly as good as the first novel but it did its job. My only complaint is that it felt the events happened too fast and some of the motives behind some actions were questionable or seemed out of character because it wasn’t nearly well explained ( )

Pure entertainment. I agree with many people in that the first book is better. It still gets 4 star, that is actually making the grade lower, as now it is above that. ( )