Board Thread:Warhammer 40k Novels/@comment-5.65.81.205-20131006085739/@comment-6078851-20150317165348

i kinda depends on what you like and what you expect. despite the tagline 'there is only war' 40k is much more and the 'much more' gets portrayed mostly in the novels.

with the heresy series we get to see many aspects of the whole affair from many viewpoints and at times it can be jarring, for example 'nemesis': (i won't spoil since you've yet to read it) up to that point every book is centred around astartes and primarchs and then nemesis gives us main characters from the officio assassinorum, and has very little violence compared to the previous novels (although the garantine makes up for that somewhat). nemesis, like outcast dead (which i've yet to read), seems to be generally liked the least, but though i was expecting something else i really like nemesis.

there's quite a few different styles and themes amongst the novels so undoubtedly everyone will have 1 or 2 (or 3) which they don't like, but if you like the universe then, on the whole, the heresy series ought to be enjoyable. and i'd agree that if the 1st 3 novels don't grab you then you probably won't like the rest of the series much.