WH40k Book Club Episode #176 Part 1 – Hive Part 1 by Dan Abnett

As always, did you like part one of this book? [laughs]

Oh, that's so hard to answer because it was boring.

[laughs]

I was-

It was a-

... bored

... dense read.

I see what Abnett was doing, um, but you know, d- due to one of your favorite quotes from Stephen King, like, "Do you have to bore the hell out of me?" Uh, like-

I think, did I text you and I was like, "Oh, on page 250 something happened."

Yes.

You, you did because before that I was like, "I feel like I'm reading the unabridged of The Stand," because I have-

Mm

... attempted to read the unabridged version of The Stand not once, not twice, but three times, and I get a little further each time, but then I get to a point where I'm just like, "I just don't care."

I have read it.

We're gonna be making, I think, a few unabridged Stand references i- i- i- throughout this and episode two.

I, um [sighs] yeah, I, uh, this book needed an editor.

The book...

So, i- just so that people know, like I, I'm a huge Quentin Tarantino fan.

I'm that guy.

I loved Kill Bill 1 and 2.

I love Kill Bill 1 and 2, but I will be the first person to tell you right here, that could've been one movie.

I, so I, I felt that way about Hive too.

I felt like the...

I made a lot of [laughs] Kill Bill references too, where I was like, "Yeah, this is, this is interesting," but to use my other favorite Stephen King concept, these were some darlings that could've been killed.

Um, I, [sighs] I enjoyed...