![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I also have to say that I loved the foreword in this book, and I think reading about Erikson’s motivation with the complexity of the series, how it is written and just the ambition behind it, helped as it gave me even more of an appreciation for how Malazan just steps out boldly and does its own thing.Īs much as I loved the writing in Gardens of the Moon, it was the worldbuilding that really sold me on this book (and hopefully the rest of the series), because this is such a rich, multi-faceted world with layers within layers. That helped me get over that initial hurdle, and then the writing and the worldbuilding did the rest and I was hooked, speeding through this chunky book in the space of a couple of days because I couldn’t put it down. I then got the audiobook – a bit of a gamble as I am finickity with narrators, to say the least, but I discovered that Ralph Lister is one on the small list of ones that I could listen to all day and I did, bouncing between book and audiobook, and sometimes listening and reading simultaneously. I have to admit, I nearly sank for a bit right at the very start – there was a lot of names, and things happening – and I had nothing to grab hold of (I also picked up late at night and I was tired, and the letters were hopping around – which in a series that you need to try and unravel was not helpful). It also confused the hell out of me on more than one occasion, and I still have questions that probably won’t have answers until later in the series, but the reward for that confusion is a sweeping epic fantasy on an EPIC scale.Įrikson doesn’t nudge you into the flow of his story, he drops you right in the deep end of it, and I can see why there are such conflicting views of Malazan for this reason because it is very much sink or swim. So, as I said in the intro, I loved this book. (At the moment I am rating this as Going on the Shelf, but I think this series as a whole as the potential to be a Favourite because I did love it – and while I had to highlight the world building, another factor that I really enjoyed was the writing style.) ![]()
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