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This book was the influence behind Steven Erikson's epic fantasy, Malazan Book of the Fallen.
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I read this because Steven Erikson mentioned it was one of his inspiration. And I can see why, there are many elements that led to Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. The difference is that Erikson is a brilliant story teller. Cook, not so much. It was an entertaining read, with some very interesting military fantasy elements, I think he started a genre here in some ways. But the story is just so shallow, you never really get into the characters. It's written like a first person account that w
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I just couldn't get into the book, unfortunately. A lot of interesting things happened, but I couldn't get emotionally attached to characters, so nothing they got themselves into really touched me. I don't care about the typical nobody being singled out by a powerful entity thing and it rarely work for me. I did like the fact that Cook stayed away from archaic language and stuck to a very consistent narrative, unlike Nine Princes in Amber and On a Pale Horse that I've read earlier this year. Oka
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Usually, if I take more than a couple of weeks to read a book a don't finish it. The pacing is annoyingly uneven. Why did I keep reading? I found the characters interesting and hope that the rest of the books in the series are better.
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I didn't enjoy this book. For the most part the character and culture development was very poor. This made for a very shallow story. It was not an enjoyable read.
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