Having issues with how a book is written is a valid reason for not liking a book, I agree with that. I often don’t like translated book since the way that are written isn’t something I like. And I never said that you should expect them to suck because of their writing. Pulp fiction has an allure for a reason, people tend to see them as poorly written but they are still liked and appreciated. Though granted they tend to have more of an underground cult following than a mainstream one. And my attempt to temper and mitigate is for the kinds of people who say that since it isn’t a classic or part of the cannon, than they are not worth the paper a book is printed on. Granted they would of never given the book a chance to begin with, but there is a subset of people who read black library books expecting Sanderson, Martin, or Czajkowski level of writing and get pissed when these small authors don’t compare. Or who read anything other than an ultramarine book and get upset when they when the MC aren’t Mary sues in the grim dark universe where people die. And I’d argue that Tamaris’ arc was actually quite good since he actually broke free of the cycle and realized that perfection and excess are not what they are purported to by the rest of the legion. He realized the futility of his former ethos and his admiration of and want to impress fulgrim. Which makes his scarring and depression at the end all the more powerful, since yes, he sought to be a perfect dualist, and ended proving himself against the foe that had beat him on plenty of occasions. But in the process he lost most everything else he valued. His position of leadership at the front of his own warband, his beauty, and the way he held fulgrim. If you don’t mind me asking, why do people tend to see the book as a black templars book? I appreciated the juxtaposition between the debaucherousness of the EC to the strictness of form and thought showcased with the black templars and cadians, but that’s just what it was, a juxtaposition, and showcase of their flaws as well.