Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) in The Bridgeburners

Feb 19, 2012 Razmatus rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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awesomeness, starting preparatory phase (maps + dramatis personae + glossary check) tomorrow on Deadhouse Gates :)))

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Nov 30, 2011 Anirudh rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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8/10

This book is confusing, hard to get into, has terrible poems and is absolutely fantastic. The complexity of the world Erikson created is just stunning. It takes one third of the book to get a faint idea about what is going on and from then on, you are just swept by the tide. The book gathers momentum and culminates in a breathtaking all-action ending. Considering that this is the first volume of a ten book series, it has a proper ending and plot resolution. Having said that though, you can s ...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Lita rated it it was amazing

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I will never, ever get tired of re-reading these books. The whole series is solidly written. Fantastically huge story acrs, exquisite character development, action you can taste and smell, magic that doesn't make you roll your eyes. Steven Erikson, the only author I've read that could make me feel sad over a scorpiod being stomped. ...more

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Feb 17, 2012 Chris Ward rated it really liked it

I'm stalled about 60 pages into this book. Not sure when I'll pick it up again, but it came across as a poor George RR Martin copy, with lots of complicated terms, a lot of bloodshed and not much readability. It's still in the house so I hope I'll get to finish it soon. ...more

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Jun 28, 2011 Malazan Fan rated it it was amazing

One of the weaker books of the series. Not a great book to start off one of the best fantasy series ever written. I enjoyed it a lot more the second time through after I read a few more books.

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