DogWelder Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) I've started reading Tyrant of the Hollow worlds and....well its disappointing. It reads more like a script than a novel. A series of actions done by characters connected together with only a very shallow establishment of the background. There is no atmosphere, no sense of the environment around the characters. I feel like I'm reading an online role-play: 'The Inquisitor enters the room. The Guardsmen become shocked as he presents obvious evidence of chaos infiltration before assassins break in and start blasting everything with chaos pistols. Then the Inquisitor uses his psychic powers to kill them. Then they hear the thunder of the Red Corsair's orbital bombardments. Then they rush out and try to take control of the city and rally its defences.' I'm exaggerating a bit but that is basically how one scene went. Oh and not to mention the most cringe-inducing line I have ever read involving a Chaos Space Marine. “How rude,’ said Malinko, firing up his flamer. A small gout of fire came out of the nozzle, but was extinguished by the lack of oxygen. ‘Also rude,’ he added, switching to his bolter.” Excerpt From: Mark Clapham. “Tyrant of the Hollow Worlds.” iBooks. Never mind that this guy is in an airless environment, exposed to the vaccuum of space and he still tries to fire his flamer like a complete novice...if this is the author's attempt at making the Chaos Space Marines more 'relatable' then I have to say, he is greatly over-doing it. Edited September 13, 2017 by DogWelder Roomsky, Urauloth and HeritorA 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 I've started reading Tyrant of the Hollow worlds and....well its disappointing. It reads more like a script than a novel. A series of actions done by characters connected together with only a very shallow establishment of the background. There is no atmosphere, no sense of the environment around the characters. I feel like I'm reading an online role-play: 'The Inquisitor enters the room. The Guardsmen become shocked as he presents obvious evidence of chaos infiltration before assassins break in and start blasting everything with chaos pistols. Then the Inquisitor uses his psychic powers to kill them. Then they hear the thunder of the Red Corsair's orbital bombardments. Then they rush out and try to take control of the city and rally its defences.' I'm exaggerating a bit but that is basically how one scene went. Oh and not to mention the most cringe-inducing line I have ever read involving a Chaos Space Marine. “How rude,’ said Malinko, firing up his flamer. A small gout of fire came out of the nozzle, but was extinguished by the lack of oxygen. ‘Also rude,’ he added, switching to his bolter.” Excerpt From: Mark Clapham. “Tyrant of the Hollow Worlds.” iBooks. Never mind that this guy is in an airless environment, exposed to the vaccuum of space and he still tries to fire his flamer like a complete novice...if this is the author's attempt at making the Chaos Space Marines more 'relatable' then I have to say, he is greatly over-doing it. Exactly. Sadly. Point of the book in general is to show a 'SMB' event and events before the taking of the SW strike cruiser by the Red Corsairs. And how that happened - due to the ending we know from where Huron got the info Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4884794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Oof. I was seriously thinking about picking this one up, but maybe I'll... not. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4885543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Oof. I was seriously thinking about picking this one up, but maybe I'll... not. There are a lot of much better SMB books. Storm of Damocles, Battle for the Fang, Wraith of Iron - to mention just a few. But not the @Tyrant of the Hollow Worlds@ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4885877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepsix81 Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I'm about 5% through, and it feels like it was written by a 14 year old. I'm going to chalk it up to me being in a mood, and come back to it in a few days, but the first section of the book was unbearable. OPTIMVSCHRISTVS and HeritorA 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4886145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I'm about 5% through, and it feels like it was written by a 14 year old. I'm going to chalk it up to me being in a mood, and come back to it in a few days, but the first section of the book was unbearable. It will not improve 'much', sadly Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4886147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPTIMVSCHRISTVS Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I'm about 5% through, and it feels like it was written by a 14 year old. I'm going to chalk it up to me being in a mood, and come back to it in a few days, but the first section of the book was unbearable. No, I don't think it was you being in a mood because I had pretty much the exact same impression (the thought that came to mind as I was reading it was "was this written by a 12 year old?"). I had to put it down after about 20 pages, try as I did to keep pushing. HeritorA 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4886515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaguecaster Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 It was a really disappointing read to be honest really struggled finishing it and even when I did the ending was even worse, Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4886647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogWelder Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 I'm trudging through and the battle scenes are okay I suppose. The author is a huge fan of the phrase 'half a dozen'. More often than not the Red Corsairs are usually cleaving though 'half a dozen' Skitarii or Cadians with 'one swing of the blade'. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4886722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I'm about 5% through, and it feels like it was written by a 14 year old. I'm going to chalk it up to me being in a mood, and come back to it in a few days, but the first section of the book was unbearable. No, I don't think it was you being in a mood because I had pretty much the exact same impression (the thought that came to mind as I was reading it was "was this written by a 12 year old?"). I had to put it down after about 20 pages, try as I did to keep pushing. Well - due to me being a throughout reader and mazochist - I finished it :) At the end it was like 'right where did I spend my life hours for...' I'm trudging through and the battle scenes are okay I suppose. The author is a huge fan of the phrase 'half a dozen'. More often than not the Red Corsairs are usually cleaving though 'half a dozen' Skitarii or Cadians with 'one swing of the blade'. Half a dozen for sure. And squads Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4889096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulwyf Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I did not enjoy this book. There's only been a few BL novels that I honestly feel were a waste of my time and this book is sadly one of them. There's zero character development of Huron, who is ostensibly the main reason people would want to read the book. The Imperium defenders, without giving spoilers, are a coin toss between outright incompetent or just plain stupid. If anyone was waffling to get this, please do not. This is a hard pass. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4889416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I did not enjoy this book. There's only been a few BL novels that I honestly feel were a waste of my time and this book is sadly one of them. There's zero character development of Huron, who is ostensibly the main reason people would want to read the book. The Imperium defenders, without giving spoilers, are a coin toss between outright incompetent or just plain stupid. If anyone was waffling to get this, please do not. This is a hard pass. I think that the book was released as a filler prequel for the takeover of the SW strike cruiser and the attempt to breath some life into the dying SMB serie. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4889919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogWelder Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 The story had some nice, grimdark twists at the ending. Though the armor battle at the middle was atrocious. The Space Wolves lose 3 Land Raiders, 4 Vindicators, 4 Whirlwinds and 6 Rhinos for the price of 1 Red Corsair Predator and Rhino that turned over by accident. Not to mention that one of the Red Corsairs single-handedly took out a Land Raider by leaping on it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4890638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Though the armor battle at the middle was atrocious. - that's to call it mildly. Not to mention that one of the Red Corsairs single-handedly took out a Land Raider by leaping on it. - author do like his renegade models for sure. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/339310-tyrant-of-the-hollow-worlds/#findComment-4890870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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