false 938544 7 3898730 16 9 2008 Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8) total:334|5:157|4:112|3:52|2:11|1:2| 334 1413 649 38 938687 0765316544 9780765316547 7 1 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938687.Toll_the_Hounds 4 6 true Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 17:08:52 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 01 20:21:25 -0800 2009 2 Addendum (upon second read): After near 800 pages of unrelenting despair and gloom, bombarded by a litany from any number of characters about the uselessness of life, Toll the Hounds ends on a decidedly hopeful note - yes, Anomander Rake is dead but the Tiste Andii have their god back; yes, Darujhis...more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 1 2 false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 22:05:39 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 03 21:06:13 -0700 2009 1 Toll the Hounds.

I waited a couple of days to write this review, just so I wouldn't be too negative, but I think it's only reduced my invective.

Anyway, after slogging through the 600 or...more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 4 2 false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 09 16:42:40 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 13:56:55 -0800 2008 A recent column by Orson Scott Card enumerated four qualities that he felt defined true greatness in novels. Briefly, they are 1) clear writing 2) memorable, powerful characters 3) "pivotal moral and philosophical issues of universal concern," and 4) "such a thorough experience of the...more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 3 0 false Sat Nov 29 10:37:56 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:55:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 5 1 false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 17:46:51 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 11:25:11 -0700 2009
Other reviews have stated this is too slow-moving, at least until the last 1/3, but I disagree. Sure, there'...more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 0 0 false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 11:34:34 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 05:21:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2255637 0593046374 9780593046371 15 5 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2255637.Toll_the_Hounds 4 0 false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:10:31 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:20:23 -0700 2009
All of the action in this instalment takes place in...more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 10 17:32:43 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 09 23:11:04 -0800 2009
The final war has begun, the threads of the plot are all coming together, and the Malazan Book of the Fallen is reaching its inescapable conclusion. (As of book eight, that inescapable conclusion seems to be the apocalypse.) The upstart Crippled...more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 3 0 false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 11:07:14 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 14:19:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2255637 0593046374 9780593046371 15 5 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2255637.Toll_the_Hounds 4 1 false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 04:24:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 18:04:51 -0700 2008 The Malazan Book of the Fallen. Book one is Gardens of the Moon and the fact that I'm reviewing book 8 at ~1,000 pages each should suggest that I recommend them.

Exec Summary:
The general take on this volume has been that it's slow-pa...more...]]> 2255637 0593046374 9780593046371 15 5 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2255637.Toll_the_Hounds 3 0 false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 18:04:26 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 13:12:42 -0700 2008
While he hasn't fallen as far as these two authors, Erikson takes a few steps closer to losing his story completely with this volume.

This book was on the fast track to a 1 or 2 star rating when it suddenly surged back on course during the final 200 pages. ...more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 4 0 false Wed Nov 26 13:13:06 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 13:17:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 4 0 false Sun Sep 21 22:29:20 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 20:02:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 4 0 false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 11:07:40 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 12:26:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 938544 0765310082 9780765310088 296 31 4.23 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/938544.Toll_the_Hounds 4 0 false Fri Feb 27 11:38:08 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:38:45 -0800 2009 Part1 of my review.
Part 2 of my review.
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