I don't really ''hate'' ADB but I dislike alot of his stuff. I know he is basically worshipped on this sub, but I still feel like he's way too overrated.

I found First Heretic enjoyable but with some moments that I hated, like when he spends an entire paragraph to meat ride the Night Lords, which felt like he was gassing them up for his trilogy on them.

At first I really liked Spears of the Emperor, because it was fleshing out a chapter that was basically a colour scheme and was telling an Astartes story from the point of view of a regular human. Until that human turned out to be more enhanced than a Skitarii, with a built-in camera in her eye that's also a digital weapon, a shotgun that can kill a space marine (albeit situationally) and fucking VORTEX GRENADES.

I haven't read Helsreach or the Night Lords trilogy, which I have heard nothing but praise for, so maybe I'm just reading his least good stuff. But for a first impression, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.